Pelicans and seabirds descend in the water off Ocean Beach. Photo: Rulenumberone2/Flickr

Seabird feeding frenzy off Ocean Beach, Marin favors hikers over mountain bikers

by Alison Hawkes

August 5, 2013

Hello Monday! Starting off your work week with some Bay Area nature news:

Seabirds descend by the thousands on Ocean Beach in SF to gobble up a school of fish close to shore. [Ocean Beach Bulletin]
200-plus demonstrators arrested for trespassing at Chevron’s Richmond plant. [Huffington Post]
Spreckles Lake in Golden Gate Park is bone dry this week. [Richmond Blog]
Young bluebird in San Pablo Park, Berkeley becomes a worm-hunting “Rambo” as he aggressively hunts for his younger siblings. [Berkeleyside]
Oil companies have been releasing toxic chemicals off CA coastline as they frack for oil with little to no enviro review. [Associated Press]
Marin’s county park plan prioritizes hikers, nature over mountain biking in trail use. [Marin Independent Journal]

About the Author

Alison Hawkes was a Bay Nature editor from 2011-2017. Before Bay Nature she worked in journalism for more than a decade as a former newspaper reporter turned radio producer turned web editor with each rendition bringing her closer to her dream of covering environmental issues. She co-founded Way Out West, a site dedicated to covering Bay Area environmental news.