Death cometh from above

Or that the owl is a mama, and she has really cute floofy babies who will be saved by this meal

No one wants to watch the sausage being made, no matter how good it tastes.

The mouse is taken to the nest, out of the cold, to snuggle with the babies

It would have been quick for the mouse. As soon as a talon spiked its spinal column it would have felt nothing as it bled out.
A little owl survived the winter.