Type of bird

can someone tell me the following types of birds from my description as i saw them at home and have never seen one of them before yesterday my brother said its a type of crow, but im not sure:

the 1st one was greay bodied with black wings, the wing span was certainly longer than that of a crow, and it looked a bit bigger than a pigeon body wise. or it could have been grey winged with a black body, cant fully remember but am almost sure its the first one.

the second was two black birds flying very high, with long thin necks, and a wide wingspan, flying in unison they were fully black and a lot bigger than a crow, it wasnt a crane, as ive seen these before it would be in between a crane and a magpie in size i suppose.

i always get fascinated with animals ( of any kind ) that i dont know, in most cases its most animals i see!! anyone able to help me out? i cant find anything in google with my descriptions.

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

the 1st one was greay bodied with black wings

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Probably a Hooded Crow

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

the second was two black birds flying very high, with long thin necks, and a wide wingspan

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Probably a Cormorant.

can you pose pics of them.
a rook doesnt sound right, as i think i have seen these before.

note that the second one type was seen beside a river. the suck river actually pa, and they were quite big.

the closest thing i can think it looked like was a mix between a hooded crow and a wood pigeon, my brother said a hooded crow, but i dont think that was it either.

Check out the links I've posted above...

Talking about birds,you don't see many swallows around now at this time of year :( ,there was a time when it was a true sign of Summer,now you only see the odd one or two that seem to have got lost :( ,it was only a matter of time before they copped on to the Irish Summer weather :(

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Originally Posted by Dublin12

you don't see many swallows around now at this time of year :( ,there was a time when it was a true sign of Summer

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Sure they don't come until July normally, do they?
You'd see them in the country.

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it was only a matter of time before they copped on to the Irish Summer weather :(

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Looks like you've copped onto to it as well since your location is Singapore. ;)

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you don't see many swallows around now at this time of year ,there was a time when it was a true sign of Summer



Sure they don't come until July normally, do they?
You'd see them in the country.

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i remember my father getting annoyed at me cos i knocked a swallows nest once, he never got annoyed at much but that really annoyed him. i spose after making that journey to breed it was pretty bad of me to do that.

anyhow there are plenty of swallows in our shed again, the place where i knocked one years ago. do the same ones come back?? because they literally create the nest in teh exact same spot. swallows must also fly at some speed.

pa, thats not the birds i saw.

Normally you used to see them around the end April/beginning of May,maybe they all stopped off down in Spain and got p1ssed on the cheap(bad pun :D )

pa even though you changed both birds, thats what they looked like alright.

me bro was right.

i looked up cormorant but couldnt get the picture like the one you posted.thanks for that.

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

pa even though you changed both birds, thats what they looked like alright.

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I was using names that I heard people calling them when I was growing up.
Went on d'Internet and found the correct names.
You know no one Googles like me, Paul. ;)

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I was using names that I heard people calling them when I was growing up.

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black dipper is a bird also (tis about quarter the size )and looks nothing like a cormorant.

you said rook for the hooded crow.

but yes no one can google like you ;)

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

black dipper is a bird also (tis about quarter the size )and looks nothing like a cormorant.

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Could've been a shag though. You should've watched springwatch.... :D

just in case anyone was interested ( i emailed the bird watching society of ireland):

"Your descriptions are fine, the first is Hooded Crow, and the second are
Cormorants, sea birds flying to inland lakes no doubt.

Hope this helps.

Paul."

I never knew a hooded crow was a sea bird? :confused:

I've never been so let down by the title of a thread

well megoo you can read between the lines of macys post!!

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I've never been so let down by the title of a thread

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Check out "Totty Watch", that wont let you down. ;)

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Originally Posted by Peadar

Probably a Hooded Crow[/URL]

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There's been a big influx of hooded crows into Ireland in the last month or so.

Probably because they're banned from shopping centres and cinemas in the UK...... :D

LOL hehe.

come to think of it, i got a bit of bird watching in at landsdowne road saturday a week ago, a lovely species landed and sat down right beside dcfcsteve. ;) :D