Birds Vision
Birds have an elaborate variety of cones cells, with more morphological complexity and diversity than those of mammals. The structure of the bird retina is also more complex than humans. Individual species may also have features of their eyes adapted to specific visual tasks or conditions, and attention to this ecological dimension in formulating hypotheses about visual function is likely to be critical.
The possible resound being is that they need to see colour to: be able to tell apart good berries from toxic ones- same goes for any food they eat, two worms may look the same in B&W but in colour they can see which is editable.
They also need colour vision to tell if it’s mating season since birds plumage changes colour in order to attract a mate. They also use their sharp vision to tell apart their own species from others, identifying a bird of prey as well as recognizing their own mate.
Coming soon!
-Audio of bird calls & songs
-Video of birds
Did You Know…?
- Grackles, Blackbirds & Starlings often travel together in huge flocks.
- A flock of Grackles, Blackbirds & Starlings means a storm is coming.
- When birds are singing & there’s suddenly silence, it’s because a preditor is near.
- Diernal birds can’t see in the dark.
- They can recoginze their own mate & offspring amongst a crowd.
- Pigeons mate for life.
- If a pigeon’s mate dies, it will grieve for months.
- Orioles use the same nest every generation.
- Birds can travel over the world & come back to where they where hatched.
- Birds never forget.
- Birds feel jeolousy, kindness, anger, love, depression, fear & bonding.
- They are curious, highly intelligent & observant.
- Some species make tools.
- Female birds inspect a nest, if they don’t like it they leave or tear it down.
- Red Tailed Hawks mating flight appears like this: \/\/\/\/\/ They rise at a great altitude then plumit, then rise up again repeating this pattern. All the while they are constantly calling a high pitched khhhk khhhk khhhk
