Val Cunningham regularly answers reader questions about birds and birding. Submit your own questions below. Can birds see color? When they look at other birds, do they see them in color, like we do?

If optimists see the world through rose-colored lenses, some birds see it through ultraviolet ones. Avians have evolved ultraviolet vision quite a few times in history, a new study finds. Subscribe to ...

Birds are much more colorful than mammals are, and it’s for a reason — to appeal to other birds. Birds definitely do see color, and in fact, can see color much better than we can. Most birds are able ...