View source for Bird of prey

==Description==
Although not closely related, members of these three orders share similar characteristics which enable them to be successful hunters.  Both have extremely powerful vision, enabling hawks to see rabbits with clarity at distances greater than a quarter of a mile, or in owls to detect a mouse in near-total darkness.  Both possess hooked bills made for tearing flesh.  And both possess talons capable of killing their prey as soon as a strike is made.