Just How Good is Eagle Vision? | Natural World: Super Powered Eagles | BBC Earth

In a remote part of Scotland, expert bird handler Lloyd Buck sets up a game of hide and seek for his golden eagle Tilly to test just how good her eyesight is.

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Natural World: Super Powered Eagles (2020)
Revealing the science behind eagles - the most powerful birds on the planet. With 60 different species, each perfectly built for the kill, they've made their home along coastlines and in deserts, mountains and forests. This film tells the story of the eagle and discovers why it has been so successful. It follows a family of bald eagles as the chicks grow and develop. And from fishing eagles to snake eagles, it finds out how they have adapted their skills to conquer the world.

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[aymanus]

that gliding shot at 3:41 is just majestic

[luker]

Absolutely impressive, no doubt about it. Especially the way she took a less direct route in order to take advantage of air currents. But the guy was waving and flailing around which would have made it much easier for her (maybe?). They should have tried again with him remaining still. It would have been really interesting to see how much of a role movement plays in an eagles ability to identify targets.

[OMtNI]

Came for the eagle and I'm left with hope for the future. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[chumark]

I believe that eagle indeed had no problem seeing Lloyd, but his shouting ruined the experiment.

[AnitaBeerstein]

4:08 Why is he standing so close to him lol

[recurrenTopology]

I wonder what Lloyd's near-UV signature looked like in comparison to the surrounding moorland. In addition to having outstanding visual acuity, eagles (like all birds) have a 4 types of cones (we have 3), one of which is sensitive to near-UV light. So while we saw Lloyd as wearing a drab green outfit which blended in well with the environment, it's possible that for the eagle he was far more conspicuous.

[makteko]

Even I would find Lloyd. Waving and shouting😂

[Dani-GGerman]

Shout out to the man that counted how many cones a human have in the eyes. ❤

[Layput]

The eagle's powerful eyesight really makes me cry.

[Namanfornature]

Thank you so much for the beautiful technology to save such a magnificent bird

[muhammadbasir]

I believe that Lloyd waving and shouting after 15 minutes waiting without results.

[Shirogari]

Neat way to use AI. Also nice explaination about the wind turbines, I had always wondered why birds flew into them.

[thegadflygang]

"WOOOO HOOOO... WHAT A BIRD YOU ARE!!!"

I felt that man's excitement and triumph more than any big staged Hollywood movie set piece. Actually pumped my fist in the air he got me so fired up. Magnificent

[HassiPhussivideos]

BBC VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS INSPIRING & fascinating.

[KK-cotj]

There is always a catch with incredible power.

[Onetwothreefour.]

Y’all are killing me. You finally start listing the episodes. Which is great. So I just went to watch this episode. “Sorry, currently not available” lol. But anyhow, thanks for the clip.

[rockbottomwriter]

The guy's shouting ruined it, also him waving his arms about.

[JuliusEvolaGhost]

They make a great argument for tearing those wind turbines down. If I ever saw a bald eagle get hurt by one of these I would take direct action.

[aqcapture]

Fantastic video, great to see they're protecting the birdlife in Wyoming

[TCPUDPATM]

@1:57 The level of technology that birds employ so naturally and effortlessly … is mind-blowing.