Comments on: If Only We Could See http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/28/if-only-we-could-see/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Barb Simon http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/28/if-only-we-could-see/comment-page-1/#comment-13249 Barb Simon Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34640#comment-13249 Flowers, too, have ultraviolet lines that act like highways, to guide insects into their corollas so that the flower can be pollinated.

]]> By: Cris Hamilton http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/28/if-only-we-could-see/comment-page-1/#comment-13245 Cris Hamilton Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:53:38 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34640#comment-13245 Very interesting, Kate! Thanks for sharing that.

]]> By: Rob Carr http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/28/if-only-we-could-see/comment-page-1/#comment-13244 Rob Carr Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:27:40 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34640#comment-13244 Didn’t they recently discover that, in at least some birds, the mouth is highlighted in UV to help mother know where to aim the food?

Parakeets have UV highlights on their forehead–sunscreen on the forehead makes the males less attractive.

Now if only I could figure out how our African greys can tell if food is hot or cold by looking at it… Maybe they’ve just learned that the microwave beeps mean hot food is coming.

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