Nictitating Membrane
Nictitating Membrane, Have you ever seen one? Well if you take enough photos of birds, eventually you will see it in your photo like this one below.
One of the great things about photographing wildlife is the opportunity to see aspects of the animals you might not normally see.
An example of this is the nictitating membrane on birds. The nictitating membrane is a third eyelid under the typical two eye lids we all have. It’s a translucent eyelid that can be closed while the other eyelids are open to clean and protect the eye.
How incredible is this, especially since some of these birds hang out at the beaches. This really comes in handy to keep the sand out of its eye.
Nictitating Membrane
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All this and educational too 🤣😎🙃
Yes, birds are fascinating. 😊
Interesting Sandra – I had heard of a “nictitating membrane” likely through Wayne’s (Tofino Photography) blog, but this is the first time I’ve seen it up close like you have here.
It is the first time for me seeing it as well, thanks to the heron who stands near us during fishing.
A nice fishy for a close-up of my unique eye … sounds like a good tradeoff to me!
I wouldn’t have thought to look, but for your post and crisp photo. Thank you. “Awesome” is an overused word. This adaptation is AWESOME. 🙂
Thank you very much Lisa, I appreciate that. Birds are quite amazing. 😊
Fascinating, and so good to get a closeup photo of it.
Thank you very much Denzil. 😊
Very beautiful photos! ❤️
Thank you very much John 😉
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You’ve taught me something I didn’t know, Sandra. Great up-close shot of the heron!
Thank you Kellye, yes photography has taught me a lot as well from being able to get close up shots of the birds and other wildlife. Amazing the nature around us 🙂
Great photos !
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Thank you very much Francine 🙂
Thank you so much! Such an interesting fact .
Thanks for showing this Sandra.
You are very welcome, it was very interesting to see this in a photo. There is always something new to learn.
Thank you Sandra firr good photography and telling me something I did not know. Sure I won’t forget xx
You are very welcome. Birds are amazing and the little details like this are fun to discover.
Nice .
Thank you very much Peter.
How interesting Sandra, and what a great capture of it. Our Emu has one also to help it maintain well lubricated eyes in the desert heat as well as protect from frequent dust and sand storms
Amazing how everything is designed isn’t it Always new things to learn about creation.
Wow Sandra… You really did it this time. Along with a million other reasons, if this doesn’t prove there is an extremely intelligent Creator who thinks of everything and designs His creatures appropriately, nothing will.
What an amazing photograph
Thank you so much RJ. Yes, this is by design. Every thing has a purpose and a design far beyond what we can even imagine sometimes. The little things like this are truly amazing.