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!

Sandpiper

Great Horned Owl

Bald Eagle

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Carolina Chickadee

Black Vulture

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Mourning Dove

Saw-Whet Owl

Hairy Woodpecker

Osprey

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Barred Owl

Barn Swallow

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Blue Jay

Goldfinch

American Robin

Carolina Wren

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Horned Owl

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Canada Goose

Great Horned Owl

Osprey

Eastern Bluebird

Dark-Eyed Junco

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Carolina Chickadee