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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveMM" data-source="post: 3525973" data-attributes="member: 130392">Rather than continually badger those (very helpful) guys over in the Q&A, I thought I'd start a thread here to present some of the bigger gulls (problem or otherwise) that I'm coming across whilst living in Taiwan.I'll start with the attached photo (taken this afternoon), in which most of the taxa that occur can be found: taimyrensis, mongolicus, vegae, and a very nice vagrant Great Black-headed Gull. I'm far from a novice birder, but for many years have chosen to overlook many aspects of identification where this tricky group is concerned, opting instead to tick the 'easy' ones and move quietly on. In starting this thread, I'm hoping to now fill all those embarassing gaps in my knowledge of this 'set' and would sincerely appreciate being told whenever I'm getting things wrong (or any input whatsoever for that matter).Steve</blockquote>