Two black vultures chomping on a road-kill along Gass road near the clear fork reservoir office this a.m. When I got out of my car the vultures ran away from me instead of flying. The one bird was making some sounds I had not heard from a black vulture before. Probably aggressive/territorial sounds. These are probably the pair that is believed to nest in a nearby shed. So far have not been able to confirm that due to the property owners work schedule. One adult lesser black-backed gull at clear fork reservoir in front of the spillway. Seen from the sail boat club along route 97. The reservoir remains mostly frozen today with a little open water at the marina & Orweiler road area & a few beautiful male common mergansers. Good birding John Herman ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]