Can humans use tools to see in Ultraviolet?

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Just found out that birds see in ultraviolet.
I have zero idea what ultraviolet is or even what that means other than UV rays but that means nothing to me.

It seems like it would be easier to spot birds in trees or fields if I could see in ultraviolet maybe similar to how we have heat cameras or night vision goggles.

Is there an ultraviolet camera or scope or something similar?

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Sure. But you won’t see it as UV. We don’t know how to add new senses to humans like that. The tool would have to convert the UV into something you can already see – so red or green or blue.

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