I would like the know everything anyone could tell me about the eyes of the hawk. Its for a novel I am writing, research on the net has not turned up much.
2007-03-06 12:16:27 · 7 answers · asked by Cain 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
I want to know anything anyone can tell me about the 'eyes' of a hawk. The actual eyes. How far can the hawks see, and so on.
2007-03-06 12:27:22 · update #1
Hawks have unusually large eyes. they are about twice the size of what they seem, the majoraty of them being inside thier head. Plus they cannot move thier eye balls like we can but they can turn thier heads almost 180 to 200 degrees and upside down. they have three eyelids, one at the top, one at the bottom and a clear one that moves from side to side, a bit like a lizzard. this is so when they are flying, the wind and dust does not irritate the eye. Plus when the are feeding the third eyelid stops food getting in the eye, also when the chicks first hatch they are blind so the babys tend to grab at anything that comes near thier mouth. the third eyelid stops the babys damaging the parents eye by accident.
True hawks (gos, sparrow, coopers ect. Red tails are actually buzzards, Ferugenous are eagles and harris's are like a cross between a hawk and a buzzard.) have yellow eyes at birth, orange in adulthood turning red in old age.
2007-03-08 02:19:04 · answer #1 · answered by Aquila 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hawks are supposed to have extremely good vision, and are capable of seeing small stuff from very very high up.
Normal vision for people is 20/20. A hawk's vision is equivalent to 20/5. This means that the hawk can see from 20 feet what most people can see from 5 feet. (Scientific American, April 2001, page 24)
2007-03-06 20:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cant help a lot, but search google for some of the live hawk cams
or be more specific searching the web for what you need, maybe "Hawks eye sight" or adding the word how in front of your query might help if you hadn't tried that yet.
2007-03-06 20:31:23 · answer #3 · answered by taranheart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hawks eyes are all a little different. It depends on the hawk.
Red Tailed hawks
They are facing forward predatory eyes.Great depth perception. From above, they can see a rabbit at two miles, and a mouse at a mile. Their eyes can basically zoom in on prey.
The eyes do not rotate in the socket (most species) they turn their head. They have huge pupils and in red tails, the iris is brown. In Goshawks, it is red (maybe just the male's though).
What else are you looking for?
2007-03-06 20:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hawks can see up to eight times better than humans. its amazing because they can see this well and extremely clearly too. it is not just blurry vision, its precise. their eyesight is CRUCIAL to their survival because they depend on them to hunt. they can see things so small as a mouse moving from up to a mile away. they see in color as well. since their eyes are on the sides of their heads they have a larger field of vision than we do. their eyesight is the best in the animal world
2007-03-06 21:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what do u mean? a book or the hawks eye?
2007-03-06 20:20:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not sure if this will help... but i did a search...
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=hawk+anatomy&fr=yfp-t-414&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8
... good luck
2007-03-06 20:30:26 · answer #7 · answered by JSSK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋