You are being provided with a book chapter by chapter. I will request you to read the book for me after each chapter. After reading the chapter, 1. shorten the chapter to no less than 300 words and no more than 400 words. 2. Do not change the name, address, or any important nouns in the chapter. 3. Do not translate the original language. 4. Keep the same style as the original chapter, keep it consistent throughout the chapter. Your reply must comply with all four requirements, or it’s invalid.
I will provide the chapter now.

EAGLE EYES
 
            Like mammals, birds are warm-blooded, but they differ in many
ways. Birds have feathers instead of fur and lay eggs instead of giving
birth to fully formed offspring.
 
       Birds are popular pets, with more than 16 million Americans owning
at least one. Parakeets, which include about 115 species, are usually
the most popular.
 
            “Raptor” is the term used for birds of prey such as eagles, hawks,
falcons, condors, vultures, and owls. Raptors have strong talons and
beaks and excellent vision, which is where the term “eagle eyes”
comes from.
 
       Albatrosses are adapted to glide more than fly. Because of this, most
albatross species aren’t found in the equatorial regions where there’s a
lack of wind.
 
            The famous cartoon character, the Roadrunner, looks more like an
ostrich than a true roadrunner. Roadrunners typically measure only
about two feet from head to tail.
 
       Penguins are perhaps the best-known flightless birds, but there are 60
species of birds that don’t fly. The largest groups are the ratite, which
includes ostriches, emus, and kiwis.
 
            Poultry refers to domestic birds kept for their meat and eggs.
According to the USDA, poultry is the second most-consumed meat
in the world at 33%.
 
       A crew of crows is a “murder,” a group of owls is a “parliament,” a
bunch of doves is a “duke,” a gathering of peacocks is an
“ostentation.”
 
       The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird at less than an
ounce and 2.2 inches long. The largest bird is the ostrich, weighing as
much as 340 pounds and sometimes more than nine feet in height.
 
            The passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction in North America.
The last passenger pigeon was a female named Martha, which died
September 1, 1914, at the Cincinnati Zoo. 
 
            The ancient Greeks associated owls with wisdom and bravery. The
owl was one of the goddess Athena’s symbols.
 
       In the 1963 horror film, The Birds, the residents of a small northern
California town are suddenly attacked by different species of birds. A
combination of real and mechanical birds was used.
 
            Storks are the quietest of birds. The syrinxes (the vocal organ of
birds) of storks are “variable degenerate,” leaving them with the
ability to make only minimal vocal sounds.
 
            In terms of evolution, birds are directly descended from theropod
dinosaurs. Modern birds’ closest living ancestors are members of the
crocodilian order.
 
            The phoenix was a mythological bird that was associated with the
Sun-God in Heliopolis, Egypt. The myths vary, but most held that the
phoenix would die and be reborn from its ashes.
 
            The archaeopteryx is a genus of birds, or bird-like dinosaurs, that
lived about 150 million years ago. Some scientists believe they
represent the first true birds.
 
            Flamingos are known for their distinct pink color and the warm
climates they inhabit. But flamingos are also known for their unique
courtship rituals and usually mating for life.
 
            Corvus, better known as crows, are often ranked among the most
intelligent animals. Crows communicate with each other, can make
tools, and can recognize individual human faces.
 
            The Andean condor is the largest flying bird in the world, with
wingspans as wide as 10 feet and weighing more than 30 pounds.
 
            The Fenghuang was a mythical Chinese bird that had some
similarities to the Egyptian Phoenix. The Fenghuang, though, is more
of a symbol of stability and the idea of yin and yang.
 
       In the summer of 1961, the town of Capitola, California was attacked
by a flock of sooty shearwater birds. Although no human fatalities
were recorded, it served as partial inspiration for the 1963 film, The
Birds.
 
       Sexual dimorphism is common in birds. In many species, such as the
pheasant, males are larger and more colorful, although female raptors
tend to be larger than males.