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Mt. Pleasant- Hoy Audubon, Seeing the world through the eyes of birds
Thursday, March 01, 2018 07:00pm
Contact hoyaudubon.org

Animals in general and birds in particular "see" the world in ways that are different from humans. Mr. Miller will explain the many characteristics of bird vision, as well as other animals, and contrasts them with the vision capabilities of humans. For example, birds process visual information about five times faster than humans. Miller will also touch on what methods can be used to illustrate non-human vision capabilities. Using cameras and software processing, what humans see and what birds see may be able to be recreated. While it’s not possible to actually "see" through the eyes of birds, our technology can be used to at least get some understanding of what birds and other animals see that humans do not.