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!

Hairy Woodpecker

Sandpiper

Blue Jay

Carolina Chickadee

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Bald Eagle

Black Vulture

Eastern Bluebird

Carolina Chickadee

Goldfinch

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Dark-Eyed Junco

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Great Blue Heron

Great Horned Owl

Osprey

Saw-Whet Owl

Bald Eagle

Osprey

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Horned Owl

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Barn Swallow

American Robin

Mourning Dove

Canada Goose

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Carolina Wren

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Great Horned Owl

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Barred Owl