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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lou salomon" data-source="post: 1364007" data-attributes="member: 16268">variation in caspian billsyepp, that's what i'd call an untypical caspian bill <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />talking about variation in caspian bills - attached some pics i shot in the danube delta, may 2007 (same day, same place), sorry reg to hijack your thread.first 2 birds (pics 1-4) have similarly short stubby bills, but not with a bulging gonys. most males however have 'albatros snouts' like the one shown before, here in a more wary pose (pic 5)</blockquote>