Show strong bird sight birds have very acute vision perhaps the most acute of any creature and the sense Is also more widely idely diffused over the retina than is the case with mith man consequently a bird can see sideways A bird sees a hawk song jong before it Is visible to man so too fowls and pigeons find minute scraps of food distinguishing them from what appear to us similar pieces of earth 0 or gravel young chickene chic kena are also able to find their own food knowing its position and how distant it is as soon as they are hatched whereas a child only very gradually learns either to see or to understand the distance of objects several birds apparently the tile young of all those that nest on the ground can see quite well as soon as they come out of the shell but the young birds that nest nert in trees or on rocks are born blind and und have to be fed |