I think birds of prey see in colour, but I haven’t checked.
voyagersays
Pretty bird and a great photo. From what I’ve been able to find, cats have some colour vision, but not nearly as acute as humans. In the eye there are two types of structures. Rods are receptors for light and cones are receptors for colour. Cats have more rods than us which is why they see in low light. They have about ten times less cones, though, so their colour vision is limited. It’s thought they see about the same as a colour blind human. Better with blues, greys, greens and yellows not so good with pinks and reds and purples. Apparently they’re also nearsighted.
Caine says
That’s a well camouflaged dinosaur.
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- says
Lady chaffinch. Though I don’t know, do cats and birds of prey see colour?
Ice Swimmer says
Hiding with a bouffant hairdo.
Caine says
I think birds of prey see in colour, but I haven’t checked.
voyager says
Pretty bird and a great photo. From what I’ve been able to find, cats have some colour vision, but not nearly as acute as humans. In the eye there are two types of structures. Rods are receptors for light and cones are receptors for colour. Cats have more rods than us which is why they see in low light. They have about ten times less cones, though, so their colour vision is limited. It’s thought they see about the same as a colour blind human. Better with blues, greys, greens and yellows not so good with pinks and reds and purples. Apparently they’re also nearsighted.
Charly says
All birds see in colour, and they are tetrachromants, so they see even more colours than primates do.
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- says
Thinking about it, it wouldn’t make sense for them to be so bright if they couldn’t see it. Nature rarely wastes resources.
Nightjar says
Love the ruffled feathers in the head, looks as if she’s curious about something.