LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County’s amazing bird life is the inspiration for a proclamation offered by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning.
The supervisors have declared April as “Bird Appreciation Month” in Lake County.
District 5 Supervisor Jessica Pyska brought the request for the proclamation to the board on behalf of the Redbud Audubon Society in order to honor the importance of the bird life in Lake County and on Clear Lake and to focus on efforts that every person in the county can do to make life better for birds.
“April 22, 2021, is Earth Day and a bird appreciation proclamation seemed like a fitting way to honor this event as well,” said Redbud Audubon President Roberta Lyons, who wrote the proclamation.
Pyska read the proclamation, which highlights the more than 300 species of birds that make their home in Lake County, including the second-highest concentration in California of breeding Clark’s and Western Grebes.
The birds also are an important attraction for tourists and a benefit to the local economy, the proclamation said, adding “there is much that individual homeowners, businesses and residents can do to provide safe passage and habitat for both migrating and resident birds.”
Lake County plays a critical role on an international scale for migratory birds that have no boundaries. As such, both the National Audubon Society and Bird Life International have recognized Clear Lake and surrounding areas as a Globally Important Bird Area, the proclamation said.
Pyska, who lives on Cobb Mountain, said that in the weeks after the 2015 Valley fire – in which she and thousands of others lost their homes – they started to have community meetings about how to get the ecology jumpstarted and repair the fire’s damage to the environment.
She said they invited a local ecologist, Larry Ray, to come to an early meeting. “The very first thing that you need to do is invite the birds back,” Pyska recalled Ray as saying.
That included providing food and habitat, because with the birds come the rest of the ecology, Pyska said.
As a result, a community project to build bird houses began, with people building them or bringing them from out of the county. Hundreds were built or given, she said.
Pyska said people also brought food – mostly acorns – to feed the birds.
“It was one of those sparks in our community that brought everybody together,” she said.
At the same time, Pyska said they could see the environment responding to the birds.
“That’s a really special memory for me,” Pyska said, adding that it marked the beginning of the regrowth of the area.
Lyons, who attended the meeting virtually, thanked the board.
“We’re just hoping that it helps to raise awareness of the fabulous bird life that we have here in Lake County,” she said.
She also hoped it would encourage people to do more and to do what they can to make sure our birds are safe and have habitat available to them.
Lyons said people need to think about how what they do impacts the wildlife around us.
She added that she hopes everyone gets out there and watches the fabulous bird life.
As part of Redbud Audubon’s efforts throughout the month, the organization will provide information on how to improve habitat in your own yard, how to insure the safety of birds and also information about the group, which was founded in 1976 and is the oldest conservation organization in Lake County.
The text of the proclamation follows.
WHEREAS, Birds are present everywhere in our environment, including our cities and towns, wetlands, the Clear Lake Shoreline, oak woodlands, and Chaparral and
WHEREAS, The Local Redbud Audubon Society has worked for over 40 years to raise the awareness of the importance of the local bird population here, including presenting the annual Heron Days bird tour event almost every year for the last 20 years and
WHEREAS, April 22, is officially designated as Earth Day and birds are a vital part of the environment in Lake County and worldwide and
WHEREAS, Lake County’s rich natural resources support more than 300 species of birds, including the second-highest concentration in the State of California of breeding Clark’s and Western Grebes on Clear Lake and
WHEREAS, The presence of such a large number of birds here is an important attraction for tourists and a benefit to the local economy; there is much that individual homeowners, businesses and residents can do to provide safe passage and habitat for both migrating and resident birds and
WHEREAS, Lake County plays a critical role on an International scale for migratory birds that have no boundaries and the National Audubon Society and Bird Life International have recognized Clear Lake and surrounding areas as a Globally Important Bird Area (IBA).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lake County Board of Supervisors hereby proclaims April, 2021 as Bird Appreciation Month in Lake County.
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