Hmm…I wonder if we’d just get glare from the tapetum without equipment. That’s the membrane at the back of the eye that we see glow in the eyes of dogs/cats/deer/etc. It gives a wider area of the retina the ability to make use of available light in low light conditions.

On a side note, I did find a pic of an owl retina and it looks like Jupiter getting hit by a huge meteor! I’m not great on eye anatomy, but I believe the funny looking black part is the macula.