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Molothrus ater
This is a medium sized black bird with a brown head. Brown-headed Cowbirds are smallish blackbirds, with a shorter tail and thicker head than most other blackbirds. The bill has a distinctive shape: it’s much shorter and thicker-based than other blackbirds', almost finch-like at first glance. In flight, look for the shorter tail.
This bird was with a group of black birds feeding at my backyard feeder in southeast Kansas. Our farm is mainly prairie grass with partial woodlands consisting of cedar trees and hedge trees.
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Looks like a brown headed cowbird. I've never seen one.