The Urban Park Rangers are excited about an event this Saturday and asked me to help promote it.  It sounds like a lot of fun with lots of great activities for both adults and kids.  It looks like the weather is going to be great too with a sunny day and a high of 62 degrees.

Urban Wildlife Appreciation Day

Fort Tryon Park, Cloister Lawn
Saturday, April 10, 2010
11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Getting to the park is easy.  Take the A train to 190th Street and exit the station by elevator. Walk north along Margaret Corbin Drive for approximately ten minutes or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.

Get up close and personal with NYC’s wild residents. Learn about squirrels, raccoons, coyotes, skunks, eagles and more. Enjoy musical performances, live animals, and kid’s activities.  Also, mounted park enforcement patrol will be there with their horses.  Discover the best places in NYC and NYS to watch wildlife. With the Fort Tryon Park Trust.  Ethnic food will be available for purchase.