This week’s photo challenge suggests we look back on images of 2017 – of course it IS coming up on New Year’s Eve, and that’s what we do, right?  As I looked back, I realized just how many birds were “shot” this year…  so rather than picking a favorite, I’m sharing a wide selection of our feathered friends!

This was posted in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge – “2017 Favorites”.  Click here for more responses!

Carolina Chickadee

Sandpiper

Bald Eagle

Blue Jay

Osprey

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Great Horned Owl

American Robin

Barn Swallow

Mourning Dove

Saw-Whet Owl

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Hairy Woodpecker

Dark-Eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Blue Heron

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Canada Goose

Barred Owl

Bald Eagle

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

Black Vulture

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Eastern Bluebird

Goldfinch

Carolina Wren

Osprey