Pretty hard to say without the outer part of the beak. Looks like a bird of prey of some kind. Most are protected, if not all, so be careful who you show it to....unless you're a teacher, then you can say it's for class.
What I understand of the law is, if you can't hunt it, you can't have any part of it. Unless you are planning on using it for educational purposes. Rodents will eat bones.
I'm not an expert but I believe what looks like the eye socket at first glance is actually the nasal fenestra or whatever name the nose opening has. It's a fragment without a beak or eye sockets.
I agree, the "beak" would be oriented wrong if the opening is an eye socket. If the "beak" is vertical then the eye socket would be a vertical hole as well.