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Sunday, September 12 2010

7th Annual New Jersey Meadowlands Festival of Birding

Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 8:00am - Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 2:00pm

Website for more information & registration:
http://www.hackensackriverkeeper.org/BirdFest10.htm
YOU MUST GO TO WEBSITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION AND TIMES

Saturday & Sunday, September 11-12, 2010
(Sunday Off-Site Field Trips Only)

Meadowlands Environment Center, Lyndhurst, NJ
Tickets $40, Ages 10-17 Free
Includes Breakfast & Lunch on Saturday

Featuring:
Birding Field Trips and Boat Trips
Indoor Programs (Birding Basics, Nature of New Jersey,
All About Butterflies and Live Raptor presentation)
Nature and Birding Store
Exhibits by Festival Partners
Loaner Binoculars

TOUGHMAN TRIATHLON. CHILDREN AND ADULTS. CROTON POINT, NEW YORK

Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 10:00am - Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 2:00pm

Website for more information:
http://www.westchestertoughman.com/

Swim 1.2M / Bike 56M / Run 13.1M

Tribute in Light for 9/11 - World Trade Center

Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 7:00pm - Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 6:00am

START and END TIME IS APPROXIMATE
September 11 at Sundown until the very next morning.

Website for more information:
http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/index.jsp#selectedEvent

Transportation Alternatives: NYC Century Bike Tour

Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 5:30am

Website for more information:
http://www.transalt.org/

Be a part of the 21st Annual NYC Century Bike Tour -- the country's only all-urban 100-mile bike tour! Registration is now open.

Sign up before August 22, 2010 and you will be eligible for the Express Start on Ride Day. The Express Start allows you to start the ride in Central Park, Manhattan or Prospect Park, Brooklyn without having to check-in first.

127 West 26th Street
Suite 1002
New York, NY 10001

info@transalt.org
Phone: 212-629-8080
Fax: 212-629-8334

Hudson River Swim for Life 3mile swim across Hudson River. Fight Leukemia & Lymphoma

Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 6:30am - 1:00pm

Website:
http://www.hudsonriverswim.org/

Join them on Sunday, September 12, 2010 for The Hudson River Swim For Life.
All kayakers will have to check in at Kingsland Point Park in Sleepy Hollow between 6:30-7:30am. Their swims start early this year!
‘Event happens from 6:30am- 1pm’

TOUGHMAN TRIATHLON. CHILDREN AND ADULTS. CROTON POINT, NEW YORK

Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 7:00am

Website for more information:
http://www.westchestertoughman.com/

Swim 1.2M / Bike 56M / Run 13.1M

SWIM
The swim takes place in one of the most beautiful coves on the Hudson River. The Croton Point Park Beach is a naturaly protected harbor with water temperatures typically in the mid 80s. Wetsuits are allowed.
The swim is a wave start keeping all swim buoys to your left.
After the swim, exit the water into the transition zone. Each swim wave will adhere to a 1hr 10 minute time limit.

New Amsterdam Market market season

Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 10:00am

Website:
http://www.newamsterdammarket.org/markets.html

Market season opens on Sunday, June 27.

Sunday June 27*BREAD PAVILION
Saturday July 24*CITY OF WATER DAY PICNICS
Sunday August 22*ICE CREAM & DAIRY FAIR
Sunday, September 12*WEEKLY MARKETS BEGIN!
Then every Sunday from Sunday, September 12 to Sunday, December 19
(no market Sunday, November 28)

New Amsterdam Market is held at the East River in Lower Manhattan, on South Street between Beekman Street and Peck Slip.

Visit Governors Island! Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday through October 10th

Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 10:00am

Website for information:
http://www.govisland.com/html/home/home.shtml

Governors Island is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through October 10. Enjoy more than five miles of car-free biking, relax in a hammock, play a free round of artist-designed miniature golf, see art exhibits, listen to concerts and much more. There are special events planned for every open day.

New York Restoration Project: Annual Harlem River Festival. MWA's boat available to the public

Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Website:
http://www.nyrp.org/Calendar_Programs/Calendar/vw/3/ItemID/210/d/20100912

New York Restoration Project’s annual Harlem River Festival takes place this Sun., Sep. 12 from noon to 5 p.m. at Swindler Cove Park, at the far east end of Dyckman Street where it intersects with Harlem River Drive.

Where:
Swindler Cove Park (Dyckman street and 10th Ave.)

Directions:
Take the 1 or A train to Dyckman Street. Walk East to the intersection of 10th Ave. & Dyckman Street

ENVIROMEDIA MOBILE- Earth Day Celebrations at Red Hook/ Brooklyn

Sunday, September 12, 2010 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Website:
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=enviromediamobile.udec%40gmail....

SUN SEPT 12th 1pm-5pm-
End of SUMMER EARTH FEST Series- Live Music with DJ Spazecraft & Megman, Birds of Prey

Education, Live Underwater Video Observation, & the Wellness station

At ERIE BASIN PARK, along the historic Erie Basin, in Red Hook , Brooklyn. for info visit http://enviromediamobile.blogspot.com