During the past two days, my wife Denise, accompanied me on a 590 mile roundtrip, work related drive, from northeast Ohio Mahoning County to Meldahl Dam, southwest Ohio Clermont County and return. While on this driving escapade we saw and recorded 46 species of birds, not to shabby! This morning before leaving the town of Aberdeen, located on the Ohio River in Brown County; we had our highlight sightings. Vultures were everywhere in and around the public waterfront park and boat ramp. It was a blackout; reminding us of Crow roosts seen in the past. On the edge of the water on the Ohio River shoreline, vultures were on the ground in a solid single file line for about two hundred feet. At least twelve huge trees in the area were totally full with roosting vultures. A conservative, unexaggerated estimate would be 650 Black Vultures and 75 Turkey Vutures, beyond belief!!! Also of note at this location was a Common Moorhen in the river and a Peregrine Falcon on the bridge crossing to Maysville, Kentucky. This business trip was an example that there is never an excuse for not birding, whether at work or play!

 

Bob Lane  
                                          
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