Bird vision

[Ricky Spanish]

I'm no expert. The purpose is to start a discussion that enlightens young waterfowlers about how well birds can see.
Much of what I'll post is anecdotal. Not a lot of science.
Off topic already. I clocked a Canada goose at close to 70 mph near Arcola, IL last week.
Was flying with the wind.

In order for birds to see well and not run into things I'd surmise that they see and process the info much much faster than we do because we do not fly.
I've observed mallards decoying in the moonlight they can see our decoys in the dark.

Their eyes have an extra cone and I don't fully understand it but they can detect colors that we do not see.
All this adds up to you have to hide really really well and Keep still!
I'm no expert but I think it'd benefit us all if an actual optician would contribute. My eye doctor is very cool and will talk about anything. I'll bring it up at my next exam and offer to pay him to teach me about it if he can then share.
A human eye and Brain processes at around 25 hertz.
I suspect a teal duck can see ten times faster or 250hz. (Frames per second)
They'd have to. Wood ducks too..they fly right thru branches and don't get hurt.

[Anotherone]

I think wood ducks see the whites of my eyes, I need camo sunglasses like the Robertsons.

[Ricky Spanish]

I think wood ducks see the whites of my eyes, I need camo sunglasses like the Robertsons.

They're looking for white patches.

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A good tip is paint the white spots on decoys extra big and white.

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In the field white is the most visible color. Ask any bird watcher

[Ricky Spanish]

They don't see as well as I thought or this science is just anecdotal too.
https://www.scienceofbirds.com/blog/bir ... 0dimension.

[Ricky Spanish]

We see a million colors and they can see ??
A billion? They can probably tell how close to germination the flooded corn is by flyng over it.

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[Deltaman]

Good info on their sight AB, and know that movement probably pushes as many, if not more birds off than color.

[Rick]

Know the big, scientific brains who study such things believe ducks can discern detail at 2 to 3 times the distance we can.

Also know a lot of bird brains through my blind apparently believe ducks are blind.

[Ricky Spanish]

This guy's blind setup is amazingly similar to mine.
No overhead cover just a shooting hole and a seat.

If you want em at 20 put the decoys at 20.
TRUTH!

The fishing pole would never work where I go.
Not a chance

[Anotherone]

He needs to let that bacon cook! Like eating smoke infused rubber bands.

[Ricky Spanish]

He needs to let that bacon cook! Like eating smoke infused rubber bands.

Climbs into wayback machine:

Once I camped on the fox river near a stake that was a designated site to hunt.
Odd spot. A high school across the river had a game that night. Halftime show and a band.
I held the spot for killer Kowalski and two of his friends.
We shot ducks he video'd. Caught hell about zero concealment that's just how it is...
We sat on a log.
Dog broke..mine. that river is so swift that if he'd been steady...no duck. Milo caught the duck 1/8th mile down stream went to shore and hauled it back.
The hen I shot.

Lots of stuff to pick on. He deleted that video


I tried cooking bacon that morning.
Tried hurrying it and the skillet was smokin.
The bacon was hard and about broke our teeth. I've never fucked up like I did that morning. Worst bacon ever!
They politely choked it down. I gave mine to the dog it was that bad.

Was one of the most bizarre hunting sites.
To access it you have to pay to camp there. I've never experienced anything remotely like it it was like hunting in town kind of.
If you hunted the other side you were literally in peoples back yards hunting. The Fox river is shallow where you can simply walk across it.