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Marc St Louis:
Had a new visitor today.  This is one bird I can't say I've ever seen before, at least not that I could positively identify.  At first, looking at it on a tree branch several yards away, I thought it was a Canada Jay but when it came closer I noticed it had a hooked beak.  It swooped down and looked like it wanted to land on the snow under the bird feeder, there were some Sunflower seeds on the snow, but I saw something black move in the snow and it moved off.  There's been a small Vole hanging around and I figured that it was this Vole which I had seen.  The Vole seemed to have scared it away and it landed a few feet away on a Raspberry cane, that is when I saw the hooked beak.  I was at this point a bit confused as to what this bird was.  It flew back up to the branch where I saw it the first time and seemed to be waiting there.  All of a sudden it swooped down again and nailed the Vole as it came out of the snow.  There was a scuffle for a few seconds until it finally grabbed the Vole and flew off.  Sadly I did not get any pictures of this, both my wife and I were to enthralled with what was happening only a few feet away from us.  The picture is one I picked up off the web

JW_Halverson:
Wanna-be raptor!

Marc St Louis:

--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on February 12, 2019, 02:05:28 pm ---Wanna-be raptor!

--- End quote ---

Yes it would seem that way. 

That picture did not do the bird justice.  This one is more what the bird looked like

bjrogg:
I thought I saw a tweety bird.
Bjrogg

Hawkdancer:
Looks like a loggerhead shrike, or one of it's relatives.  Sometimes hang their prey by impaling it on long thorns!  Don't remember their usual range.
Hawkdancer

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