Eyes fill a huge portion of a raptor’s head.Eagle eyes are the same approximate size and weight as human eyes, even though a full grown adult bald eagle weighs no more than about 14 pounds!
Expert Rotation
Eagles use both monocular and binocular vision, meaning they can use their eyes independently or together depending on the target. Both eyes are “fixed” in the skull – eagles are unable to move their eyeballs within the socket. To compensate, an eagle can rotate its head approximately 180 degrees in each direction.
Microscopic Resolution
Eagle eyes are much flatter and larger than human eyes, so the images they see are larger. Did you know that a human eye has 200,000 cones per millimeter, while an eagle retina has a MILLION cones per millimeter? That's about the same number of visual cells as the finest computer monitor set at highest resolution!
Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
The bald eagle is a bird of prey found in North America near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting. The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States.
Eagle Home Inspections founder Ron Rivard chose this bird to represent his company because of its sharp vision, prowess, and uncanny ability to soar "Above the Rest."
Eagle Home Inspections proudly supports "A Place Called Hope," the raptor and bird of prey rehabilitation center located in Killingworth, CT. Their barred owl and bald eagle were a huge hit at our 2019 NHRM Trade Show table!
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