Hanging birds nests - a photo on Flickriver

I revived this pic from my Panama set archives and pushed the saturation almost to the max, so that the birds nests are more distinguishable from the tree. It was an overhead shot from a boat as we were passing underneath it.
A better view of the nests
Seen in Gatun Lake, Panama Canal, Panama

The bird is a Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
The Montezuma Oropendola inhabits forest canopy, edges and old plantations. It is a colonial breeder which builds a hanging woven nest of fibres and vines, 60–180 cm long, high in a tree. Each colony has a dominant male, which mates with most of the females following an elaborate bowing display. There are typically about 30 nests in a colony, but up to 172 have been recorded.

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Taken in: Panamá / Colón / Gamboa (show map)

Taken on: October 26, 2005

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