Bicyclist crashes on Via Capri La Jolla motorists aided a seriously injured bicyclist Tuesday afternoon on Mount Soledad in La Jolla Shores. At about noon on Tuesday, April 7, a 35-year-old man crashed while riding a ten-speed bicycle in the 7300 block of Via Capri, San Diego Police Department Sgt. Art Campa reported. Police said they don’t know why the cyclist crashed. Passing drivers saw the man on the ground, stopped to help and then realized he was unconscious and having convulsions, Campa said. So medics were called, police said. Rescuers drove the cyclist to a nearby hospital, according to police, where he was treated for severe wounds to his head. Police said they are continuing to investigate the traffic incident. Volunteers will prepare for California least tern In spring, the endangered California least tern flies to shore to nest on sandy dunes and hatch its young. Open sandy dunes have disappeared, however, into flat, populated beaches and developed cliffs. Along Mission Bay, at Mariners Point, the invasive devil’s thorn and filaree create a vegetative blanket, an unsuitable habitat for nesting least terns, and the birds have not appeared for the past two years. Instead, they started showing up at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach, a less protected site, explained Audubon Society spokesman Jim Peugh. The San Diego Audubon Society hopes to bring the California least tern back to Mission Bay by pulling the invasive plants and setting up least tern decoys to attract the real bird. The group will host its last habitat restoration efforts to prepare the 11-acre site at Mariners Point on Saturday, April 11 from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are encouraged to show up with work gloves, weeding tools and clippers, and are advised to wear long-sleeved shirts and bring water. The least terns may arrive as early as April 15 and leave as late as Sept. 15. They prefer a sandy habitat to raise their young because the chicks are sand-colored and camouflage into the soil. The adult birds are white with black markings. The open, sandy dunes make it easier for the adults to spot predators, while the invasive vegetation provides a place for predators to wait for the chicks. “[The California least tern] is endangered because of habitat loss,” Peugh said. “There used to be dunes everywhere. The terns would nest in one dune and if a predator came along, they could move to another dune. Now there are only a few places that are open enough that they can actually nest on them.” Directions to Mariner’s Point: From Sea World Drive heading west, exit onto West Mission Bay Drive (going north). Continue over the bridge and then take a left on Gleason Road (across from the Bahia Hotel). Take an immediate left onto Mariners Way and proceed to the end of the road. For more information call (619) 682-7210.