chimaysmommy Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Ever since we got Chimay and read about parrots seeing in full spectrum light, I've wondered if that effects the way they see images on television. I've tried googling it but I haven't found anything that would give me an answer that specific. I've observed him being very interested in photographs of birds, but doesn't really react to images of animals or birds on television. Any thoughts? No real question here just thinking "out loud" Ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerlily Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 one of tigerlilies favourite perches is on top the TV:evil: and she'll occasionally look down at it as if she really can see whats going on and she'll sometimes look like she's watching the computer especially when i'm scanning your tube for parrot clips. but does she ACTUALLY see whats going on? good question:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimaysmommy Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Aw cute!!! Maybe Chimay just isn't a television kind of guy. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Birds see in much higher frame rates than we do. To humans, anything over 16 frames a second looks like a movie. Birds see in the realms of 70 frames a second and thus see a flickering image changing kind of like when you flip through one of those drawing books fast and watch the stick man walk, but in SLOW step by step motion. They could not dodge tree limbs or other obstacles like they do when flying 30 miles an hour through them and quickly maneuvering. You will note though, if you play a video on you PC LCD screen, they will watch intently. This is because your PC screen is not flickering like a tube based TV. Dayo watches the videos on the PC very closely and tries to talk to the birds we are watching. He pays very little attention to a normal TV at all, even if it's birds.<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2009/07/16 21:03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimaysmommy Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Wow!!! I never knew that about the rate of their vision....Thanks Dan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyo1106 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 danmcq wrote: You will note though, if you play a video on you PC LCD screen, they will watch intently. This is because your PC screen is not flickering like a tube based TV. Dan, That is very true! I always wonder why my YoYo loves watching what I'm doing on my laptop but usually turns his back to the TV. I thought he's a nerdy bird like his mommy :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Does that mean that if I had a lcd tv my birds would watch it because it would be more like watching a computer screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myafricanqueen Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I THOUIGHT THAT TOO... Dalia loves to sit on the back of my computer chair and shoulder and watch you tube vid's of other parrots. hahaha She listens to them talk very carefully. She saw a cockatoo bobbing its head up n down and a now she is doing it. So funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerlily Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 thanks dan didn't know that about the dvd and normal tv. also glad i'm not the only one sad enough to spend hours sat watching parrots on youtube with my grey {Feel-good-0002006E} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abula Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 lol i wonder why abula will stand on top of my flat screen pc monitar and wen ever i put him on a diffrent perch will try he bites and lowers his head he always sneaking on me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myafricanqueen Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Tigerlily we cant possibly be the only two crazy bird people that do this...you think??? Noooooo! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Tycos_mom wrote: Does that mean that if I had a lcd tv my birds would watch it because it would be more like watching a computer screen? Yes, exactly. The new LCD, Plasma and DLP HDTV's do not refresh at 30 frames a second like the older tube TV's. They are refeshing at a rate between 60 and 120 frames a second. They also maintian the image that is there in between frames. A TV tube does not, it actually goes black, you just can't see it with your inferior human eyes. :-) Thats the same reason for avian lighting, we must use electronic ballasts for the flourescent lights. The old ballasts were not electroninc and fired off at lower frequencies that even use humans could see the tubes flickering. It drives birds bonkers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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