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Reston Zoo's Annual Easter Event
Dates: March 23, 24 and March 30, 31
Easter Egg Hunt Times: 10 am, 12 pm, and 2 pm
Join your friends at the Reston Zoo for a fun filled Easter weekend. Get your photo taken with the Easter bunny, feed the baby lambs, goats, and chicks. Have your face painted with your favorite animal before venturing out to the Safari Easter egg hunt. For toddlers we have private Easter egg hunt just for them.
See the pictures from our first Zoo Lights celebration (2012) here!
See the pictures from Zoo Boo 2012 here!
On April 10th, the Reston Zoo's ring-tailed lemur family welcomed a new baby. The baby joins mother Anna, father Zabu, and big sister Angelina in the zoo's lemur exhibit. This adorable youngster is usually found clinging to mom, but as he grows, he is becoming more independent and ventures further away from mom's protection.
On May 10th, Persephone, the Reston Zoo's female mountain coati, gave birth to two adorable kits, a male and a female. Coatis, members of the raccoon family, are long-nosed, ringed-tailed creatures from the forests of South America. Persephone is a very protective mother, keeping her young ones closely under her eye, but be sure to visit soon as these playful, curious babies begin to explore their home.
New prairie dog pups have emerged for the first time! Born approximately 4 weeks ago, they have been seen wrestling and galloping in and out of their burrows regularly. All six babies will stay fairly close to their mother for several more weeks. To see the pups and all their playful antics, the best time to for viewing is mid morning.
Rounding out the zoo's baby boom, several new babies, or joeys, can be seen at the red kangaroo exhibit. The size of a jellybean at birth, kangaroo joeys spend the first several months of their lives in the pouch of their mother. The new arrivals in our kangaroo exhibit are already starting to creep out of their pouches for a quick visit with zoo guests.
 Come see the new prairie dog exhibit!
Learn about their habitat and behavior.
Listen as they communicate with each
other using a sophisticated language of
high-pitched, bark-like calls. These playful creatures are sure to be a hit!
Reston Zoo now offers a reciprocal zoo membership program with Virginia Safari Park [Natural Bridge, VA] and Gulf Breeze Zoo [Gulf Breeze, FL].
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Read the article posted on EmploymentStatusHomemaker.com, May 18, 2012.
Read the article posted on goodlooknout.com, May 18, 2012.
Read the article posted on NoVa Mommy, August 16, 2011.
Read the article published in the Northern Virginia Magazine
July 22, 2011.
Read the article by Donna Manz and see photos from her exciting visit!
Published in the Reston Connection July 20, 2011.
"This zoo is a good way for kids to get up close and personal to animals they've never seen before, let alone touch and feed," said animal curator Ashley Rood of Herndon. "It's as close as you can get to being out in the wild while still in the city."
Reston Zoo now offers a reciprocal zoo membership program with Virginia Safari Park [Natural Bridge, VA] and Gulf Breeze Zoo [Gulf Breeze, FL].
Details>>> |
