do birds see two things at once?

Question

you know have birds have their eyes on both sides of their head..do they see two things at once?

Answer 1

Yes, they are seeing different objects from both eyes at the same time. Horses have that too.

Answer 2

No. They just have a wider field of vision than we do - they can't see straight ahead without turning their head, just as we can't see far to the right without turning our heads.

I was trying to find a field of vision diagram to explain it better but couldn't. This is a pretty good article about bird vision though:
http://birding.about.com/od/birdanatomy/a/birdsight.htm

Chalice