Those who've had a chance to bird Folly Beach near Charleston, S.C., will be cheered to learn the City Council there has recognized its importance to migrant, breeding, and wintering shorebirds by banning dogs and other domestic animals from the area. The story's at http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/aug/27/dogs-banned-from-section-of-beach/ Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]