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!

Bald Eagle

Mourning Dove

Carolina Chickadee

Great Horned Owl

Barred Owl

Blue Jay

Carolina Chickadee

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Canada Goose

Eastern Bluebird

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Great Blue Heron

Sandpiper

Great Horned Owl

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Black Vulture

Hairy Woodpecker

Saw-Whet Owl

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Bald Eagle

Dark-Eyed Junco

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Osprey

Osprey

Great Horned Owl

Goldfinch

American Robin

Barn Swallow

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Carolina Wren