Do you think birds know when you are watching?

["Wendy" <>]

YEP!
I've always found it helps (when stalking birds or other animals for photos)
to not actually look at them but watch with my peripheral vision. I am much
more successful with this strategy,

Sort-a on this topic, I was rather taken, by the back-view shot of a raptor
for ID help (IDed as a Brown Falcon by Lawrie C), posted by gerald46 on
29/4. I'd not seen a shot like this before and was struck by the
eye/face-like appearance of these markings. I wondered at the time, if this
helped reduce harassment of such birds by other birds?Like the idea of eyes
on the back of your hat helping reduce Magpies swooping.
Wendy