Sounds like maybe a female brown-headed cow bird. I saw a bird at my feeder with the same description and did some research, found a pic that looked similar.
I don't know but I just saw one like that today in Richmond, VA It is a gray catbird.
an old crow
cedar waxwing
The Eurasian Blackbird is a black bird with a yellow beak.
magpie
Yellow big bird
The black bellied plover is a bird that has a black stripe down its throat joining a black belly that is bordered by white brown speckled all over and is about as big as a lapwing. It is typically found in Massachusetts and British Columbia.
Banana
The Black cap is a small European song bird, with the males having black heads and the females chestnut color heads.
yes a small bird is prey to black bears, the bald eagle, a mountain lion, and a coyote.
A bird that has been caught on fire…
flicker
Downy Woodpecker
A black tern is a small bird, Latin name Childonias niger, of the tern family.