It is hard to know with only a couple of identifying marks, but here are some ideas: -Evening grosbeak (also has white bands on the wings, and a thick beak). Warblers (small birds with think, pointy beaks): -Yellow Rumped Wabler (yellow patch on side, dark back, black face mask, yellow or white throat, white wing bands, yellow "dot" on top of head) -Blackburnian Warbler (orange yellow under throat, fades to white under tail, one large white wing band, stripey black and orange face) -Magnolia Warbler (gray head, black mask, white wing band, black back, yellow underneath and on sides, stipey sides, too) If the bird in question is a duck, than it is probably a wood duck (very colorful, head tuft, yellowish patch on side and dark back). Other things to look for are beak shape, general size of the bird, eye stripes, wing bands, tail length and shape...all of these characteristics help make identifying birds easier.
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need more info, how was it flying (wing beats), what body shape, how big, where was it, what was it doing and what were the other colours on it?
There are a few types of birds of prey with black-tipped wings. They include the ferruginous hawk, the golden eagle, and the common black hawk.
an ostrich and a peacock have black and white feathers
A swan
ostrich
American Coot?
Larry Bird.
It is a large sea bird that is often white with black at the end of their wings.
Here. Type in "xeme." The bird has a black head and a white body. The tips of its wings are black.
A large white sea bird with black tipped wings is a Gannet. I don't know if they are seen in then Great Lakes
could be ptarmigan
A bird that is black with white spots on its wings might include the ivory billed woodpecker or the jackdaw. This might also be the tri-colored black bird.
Puffin maybe
It is a male Goldfinch.
A hermit thrush is one example.
If it was about 18 - 22 inches tall and had a long pink beak, it was probably an American White Ibis, Eudocimus albus. Many gulls also have black tips on their wings. Black pigment makes the feathers more wear-resistant.