I noticed if I stare into the forest without focusing on any particular thing my vision starts to shimmer a bit and sometimes there are distinctive little perturbations in my peripheral vision.
My mind wants to immediately look directly at the perturbations at an almost instinctive level. If I do look I frequently see a leaf moving in the wind or a bird or squirrel moving around in the tree.
By intentionally using this effect rather than actively scanning the forest I find I am much better at finding birds when bird watching or seeing larger animals such as foxes, deer, or snakes moving in the grass.
It's amazing how many things our bodies are capable of that we don't know about until we step away from electronics and machinery and just let the body do its thing.
My mind wants to immediately look directly at the perturbations at an almost instinctive level. If I do look I frequently see a leaf moving in the wind or a bird or squirrel moving around in the tree.
By intentionally using this effect rather than actively scanning the forest I find I am much better at finding birds when bird watching or seeing larger animals such as foxes, deer, or snakes moving in the grass.
It's amazing how many things our bodies are capable of that we don't know about until we step away from electronics and machinery and just let the body do its thing.