More than fifty Black Vultures are roosting regularly on a power transmission line tower in Paint Creek Valley west of Chillicothe in Ross County, south central OH. I have not seen the roost when fully occupied--always birds leaving or arriving when I go by but I'm sure there are at least sixty birds when fully occupied, nightly. Interested birders should be there before 8:30 AM to see some of them, most days. Go west of Chillicothe on Route 50 a few miles to Slate Mills then another 2.8 miles to a mailbox address, 16157 Route 50. The tower is across the road from this address and is the first tower situated at the top of a rise from the valley bottom to a higher gravel terrace, a place where west winds are diverted upward by landscape. This is probably the same flock I reported last year roosting on a cell-tower at the west boundary of Chillicothe. The current roost is about four miles from last year's roost site. Tom Bain The Glaciated Allegheny Plateau Chillicothe, Ross County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]