Every year we field thousands of entries for the 探花精选 Photography Awards, and every year we have to make the terrible choice of picking just a handful of winners. Lucky for us, our readers are always hungry for more amazing bird pics. So we'd like to share a hundred of our favorites (in no particular order) in the gallery above—enjoy! Quick Stats: Participants: More than 1,700 Images entered: Nearly 7,000 Categories: Amateur, Professional, Fine Art, Youth Entrants from: 50 states, 6 provinces, District of Columbia Judges Kenn Kaufman: Bird-guide author, 探花精选 field editor Melissa Groo: Professional photographer and 2015 Grand Prize winner Steve Freligh: Co-publisher of Nature's Best Photography Kevin Fisher: 探花精选 creative director Sabine Meyer: 探花精选 photography director Judging criteria: Technical quality, originality, artistic merit See the 2016 winners here.