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
