I've been seeing fairly large concentrations of Turkey Vultures in Athens and Morgan Countys since the new year started. Today on the far East side of Athens off of SR 50 near Dow Lake (DeLorme 80 B2), I had at least 52 Turkey Vultures up in a swirl, in the trees, and on the banks of SR 50 and the Hocking River. It must have been windy where they were because it wasn't the typical tipsy buoyant flight like we usually see; instead they seemed to be darting around randomly within some trees, at each other and even higher in the air. I suspected a Black Vulture or two may have been in this crew stirring it up, but I couldn't locate any. Further East along SR 50/Hocking River corridor between Guysville and Coolville, I easily counted at least another 20 Turkey Vultures there too. I've not been able to relocate the all white Turkey Vulture that was spotted near the State Patrol building in Athens some time ago. Glen Crippen Burr Oak Lake ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]