Hi, Kim Kaufman sent me a copy of the proposed Bay Village ordinance which is still in committee. The current wording of the ordinance does indeed implicitly ban bird feeders, but does not do so explicitly. It is not the intent of the proposed ordinance to ban bird feeders I have had a nice correspondence with City of Bay Village Council President Paul Koomar regarding the deer feeding ordinance, and proposed some exemptions for bird feeders that will not also serve as deer feeders. He has forwarded these to the Safety and Environment Committee where any changes would be included. As I said earlier local governments are generally very responsive if you contact the right people and do so in a civil manner which proposes a solution that is acceptable to all parties. A key to this is to read everything carefully to understand the issue and then to clearly explain what you think is wrong. Local officials appreciate this approach and are very responsive to it. In all honesty I was surprised, as a non resident, that I got such a rapid response. Bay Village residents should watch this issue and address comments to Councilman Dwight Clark Further, it appears North Ridgeville has already enacted a deer feeding ordinance which has the implicit ban on bird feeders. Residents of that municipality should contact their council members to propose the ordinance be amended. Haans Petruschke Kirtland ______________________________________________________________________ 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]