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Queens Zoo Hosts Family Sleepover

By Katie Honan | September 27, 2013 1:57pm
 The family sleepover will allow families to get up close to some of the zoo's animals.
The family sleepover will allow families to get up close to some of the zoo's animals.
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Julie Larsen Maher

CORONA — This weekend you can pitch a tent and wake up next to wildlife — without ever leaving Queens.

The Queens Zoo is hosting a family sleepover Saturday night, one of three similar events planned through the spring.

Zoo experts will teach about animal diets and will give an after-dark walk through the aviary to meet some of the birds up close.

Bring your own tent, sleeping bags and a picnic dinner Saturday afternoon; the zoo provides beverages, dessert, a late-night snack and breakfast.

The Queens Zoo is home to a large aviary with ducks, parrots and egrets; coyotes in a wildlife habitat; and barnyard animals like rabbits and cashmere goats.

The overnight trip costs $85 per person for Wildlife Conservation Society members and $100 for non-members.

The Queens Zoo is at 53-51 111th St. in Corona. The first weekend sleepover is Sept. 28 through Sept. 29 with additional dates next May and June. For more information, visit their site.