[mou] Squirrel encounter

[Mark Palas]

The base of my small tube feeder,  had about a half dozen english 
sparrows and
house finches on it this morning.  A gray squirrel approached the 
feeder,  and jumped from the rail of my back steps to the feeder.  In 
the process,  landing on a female house sparrow.  He promptly bit the 
back of her neck, and killed her.  He then ran off with her in his 
mouth,
and ate her in my neighbors maple tree.  Opportunistic feeder, or 
predatory gray squirrel?
It really surprised me.