I had to creep up and take this photo through a fence to catch a shot of this Oropendola feasting on some very ripe banans!

Neat looking bird!

Patti--Zone 8
Mobile, AL

Nice! I wish I had those. I´m probobly too high though.

Look at the colours!! Very nice!!

Lorena from Willow Beach, Ontario, Canada

What a cool looking bird!

sarah merion station, Pennsylvania zone 6B

Peter, they are from S Mexico-C Panama at 1500 mt.
They are very interesting birds as they peel the fiber off of the Banana plant and fly with a piece about 6ft floating behind them to take to build a large hanging nest.
They make a 'whoops' noise when the swoop upside down on branch just like a kid playing on 'monkey bars'.
We had a huge colony on the other farm, but just have a few here.