Ok I do not know much about the birds, but I asked a local person/hunter about this. Do you mean the bigger black birds? They are called Looha in Arabic. They migrate here in winter and come from Iran & Russia. They stay around water. According to the Bird Book of Qatar I guess it would be the Socotra Cormorants (totally black). They are referred to as the Batman bird in the book.
Depending on the color of the birds you saw, but did not mention, they could be, according to the book the black headed gulls (black head - white body) which are joined by hundreds. They come from Central Asia.
Hope this is the info you are looking for and you can tell your kids.
Aisha-Taweela
Ok I do not know much about the birds, but I asked a local person/hunter about this. Do you mean the bigger black birds? They are called Looha in Arabic. They migrate here in winter and come from Iran & Russia. They stay around water. According to the Bird Book of Qatar I guess it would be the Socotra Cormorants (totally black). They are referred to as the Batman bird in the book.
Depending on the color of the birds you saw, but did not mention, they could be, according to the book the black headed gulls (black head - white body) which are joined by hundreds. They come from Central Asia.
Hope this is the info you are looking for and you can tell your kids.
Aisha-Taweela