He is a male. He has blue eyes.

#ThridEyelidThursday!

Acorn #woodpecker
has #thirdeyelid covering half the eye
and the upper eyelid covering about a quarter

#bird #birdphotography 🪶

Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary

Females are gray. Males are black. Both have red eyes.

#ThridEyelidThursday!

Female #phainopepla
has her #thirdeyelid up

Look close!👀

#bird #birdphotography 🪶

Along the side of the bicycle trail.

#ThrideyelidThursday!

Red-shouldered hawk's #thirdeyelid is up

It was perching on a fence and then dove into the weeds in pursuit of something

#bird #birdofprey #birdphotography 🪶
#raptor #hawk

The feathers are scruffy and molting

#ThridEyelidThursday!

Look close to see the curve-billed thrasher's #thirdeyelid partway up

#ThrasherThursday!

#bird #birdphotography 🪶
#thrasher

The eye is halfway covered

#ThrideyelidThursday!

QP or post birds' or animals' membrana nictitans*

Juvenile curve-billed #thrasher

Crossover with #ThrasherThursday!

#bird #birdphotography 🪶

*In vetmed we usually just called it nictitans