I'm forwarding this web site which was recently updated to include a nice group of pix of Slaty-backed Gull from Japan. Very timely! http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Japan/chart.html -- Good Birding! The probability of a given Tyler Bell event occurring is inversely mailto:bell@say.acnatsci.org proportional to its desirability. California, MD http://www.audubon.org/chapter/md/smas/