How do birds handle bright lights?

Question

I don’t know a lot about birds, but I do know that they generally have better vision than us humans. But… when they fly high, the sunlight must be blinding to them, right? Especially with their heightened sense to lights. Some species of birds even fly above clouds, which must reflect a lot of sunlight too.

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I, a human male, can’t even go out in the summer without sunglasses on…

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Answer 1

Most birds are looking *down* at the ground unless they’re doing some aerobatic stuff through buildings and trees and whatnot. The sun’s location and it’s brightness don’t matter a whole lot when you have your eyes below the horizon, even when flying toward the sun.