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In my experience using the a1 for about three months now, the Bird Eye AF isn't 100% perfect but it's quite good.  It will follow most hummingbirds' flight and stay locked onto the eye, struggling only with a dark eye against dark plumage in difficult light.  Bird Eye AF often also finds the bird in dense brush and locks onto the eye even when the eye is partially obscured.  I have a button set  for wide area with bird eye AF and often all I need to do is press the button.  The camera finds the bird, finds the eye and sticks to it even as the bird hops around in the brush or turns its head to momentarily hide the eye.  Definitely not a gimmick.