The other evening in Erie County, Pennsylvania, spotted an American Kestrel perched on a power line over a corn field. Seemed to have a piece of cord or rope in its talon. Long story short, turns out the ‘cord’ was a live snake, probably a garter snake.
After flying to a different, nearby power line, the Kestrel proceeded to peck at the snake, presumably the head end:
Coming up reasonably soon, down the hatch!