How & What do the birds see

[Diamond dave]

After reading a post on eyesign, I asked myself How and what do the birds see. Has anyone else considered this.........?

[Guest frank dooman]

After reading a post on eyesign, I asked myself How and what do the birds see. Has anyone else considered this.........?

 

maybe the cocks think look at the eyes on her ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Tony C]

Was thinking about this myself just today DD. Do they see things we dont :-/ lets take a cock looking for he's hen for example, there could be 20 blue hens of which he's hen is one of them......... he can pick her out in a blink of the eye....... can he see markings or a different shade of colour on that hen that isn't noticeable to the human eye :-/

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Im not a big fan of eyesign.. and it is (i think) impossible to tell what doo's see..

 

But Sandy Frame..(who won the WCC from Sartilly the night Joe Murphy won the National.. doing i think 300ypm more than Joe) told me doo's were colour blind..

[owen101]

i was told this and that why in the old days they painted the roofs black and white

not sure if it true but just wat a old fancier told me

[REDCHEQHEN]

They don't miss a thing thats for sure !!

[Diamond dave]

Try standing in your garden looking one way and take into account what is in your field of vision. Then turn through 180 degrees and do the same. Put both of them together and I imagine thats what a pigeon can see. To be honest I think that would pickle my brain.

[DOVEScot]

Maybe they think, "look at the doos on her"

 

 

Or the legs on her ;D

[Guest Owen]

I have a few things to throw into the mix.

We know that pigeons are monocular. Their eyes work independent of one and another. We can not imagine that. They can see behind them as well as in front.

Pigeons were once trained to watch the sea from rescue aircraft to spot people who had ditched. They have better eyesight than people and their attention span was far better.

I was born almost colour blind but I have been unaware of it all my life. That is until someone describes something by using colour. Or some smart a--- askes me what do I see. I do not know what I see or do not see and I doubt whether pigeons know what they see or do not see.

I can not distiguish between a red rose and the folage of the plant. And I do not know what colours pigeon have on their necks, except that I have been told that they have. I do know that I seem to have better eyesight than most and I have always been very quick to notice things.

I have read and been told that birds of prey and pigeons can see X number of times better than us. How are the people who say these things able to be so sure? I doubt if we will ever really know what pigeons see. Any more than you normal sighted people will be able to imagine what I see or don't see.

[Guest stb-]

Im not a big fan of eyesign.. and it is (i think) impossible to tell what doo's see..

 

But Sandy Frame..(who won the WCC from Sartilly the night Joe Murphy won the National.. doing i think 300ypm more than Joe) told me doo's were colour blind..

 

wasnt the same day sandy won the combine .  Joe murphy won sartilly 1   the combine  was later on   ;)

[dwh]

After reading a post on eyesign, I asked myself How and what do the birds see. Has anyone else considered this.........?

 

try this website

www.birds.cornell.edu › ... › Resources for PigeonWatching

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

 

wasnt the same day sandy won the combine .  Joe murphy won sartilly 1   the combine  was later on   ;)

 

Aye it was.. cause Joe comments on it in the video that was made of him..

[slinky slitheroe]

Im not a big fan of eyesign.. and it is (i think) impossible to tell what doo's see..

 

But Sandy Frame..(who won the WCC from Sartilly the night Joe Murphy won the National.. doing i think 300ypm more than Joe) told me doo's were colour blind..

jONESY PIGEONS SEE IN COLOUR MATE.

 

 

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

jONESY PIGEONS SEE IN COLOUR MATE.

 

 

How do you know..??? No one knows for sure what pigeons see..

[slinky slitheroe]

 

How do you know..??? No one knows for sure what pigeons see..

They see in colour thats for sure.

 

 

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

They see in colour thats for sure.

 

 

How can you be 100% sure tho..??

[DOVEScot]

 

How do you know..??? No one knows for sure what pigeons see..

 

Pigeons definately see in colour. I was at a display in Flamingo Land Holiday Park and Zoo where an animal/bird trainer had pigeons doing different things depending on the colour of flag he used :-/

[slinky slitheroe]

 

How can you be 100% sure tho..??

plenty experiments have been carried out on them by scientists ,plus you go into the loft with a strange coloured jumper and just watch them.

 

 

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Im not saying they cant see in colour.. all im saying is no one can be 100% sure what they see..

[Delboy]

 

Aye it was.. cause Joe comments on it in the video that was made of him..

 

ye are wrong m8, different day.Joe won in a north wind on 13th June 1992 ( I WAS 7TH OPEN AND STB WAS 29TH ) Sandy won the WCC in a strong south wind , a few weeks later

[Guest IB]

I've seen mine with heads cocked watching one-eyed something far above them. Something I can't see even with two eyes.  

[Diamond dave]

As thier eyes are on the side of the head - do you think when they are looking straight at you that they might see two of you.........?

[Roland]

Yes, interesting topic.

Been also told their eyesight is many time better than ours.

So that in it's self draws out one or two interesting points. One, a cock bird will see his hen way of and dart of for her. Most will agree o that.

Further when 'Racing' they will still fly more than quite quickly, even if hedge hopping etc. against a wind. Yet only at the very last moment swerve, or raise up at the death to skip over hedges or swerve around tree tops. Yet further are past masters at hitting wires. even when just flying out?  :-/

This lends to me, the believe that once they set of to home the 'Lock On' to their course are  - as most will have noticed - seem completely unaware of obstacles.

Further they always fly with an 'Reserve' turn of speed. Presumably this is regards as a defence mechanism to abort from danger.

[bullcock]

I've seen mine with heads cocked watching one-eyed something far above them. Something I can't see even with two eyes.  

 

all predators eyes are to the front they are binocular and work together to focus on a target,(that includes humans) but animals such as rabbits and pigeons have there eyes on the side of there head this is known as monocular and they have the ability to use each eye independantly and proccess the information.

this helps when you are the prey, a bird can be looking ahead to the sides up & down all at the same time giving them an early warning of trouble.

pigeons have fantastic sight and can far into the distance in one hand and a small seed on the loft floor in another.

also pigeons are one of the few birds that can identify colours.

 

add a  compass and you have an amazing little bird.

 

[Guest IB]

As thier eyes are on the side of the head - do you think when they are looking straight at you that they might see two of you.........?

 

Well they always seem to be able to avoid the right one of us.  

 

Should imagine works same as our own eyes, two images merged into one by the brain?