Philly's Best Parrot Expo

We are fresh off the floor from the Philly’s Best Parrot Expo last Saturday (Sept. 12).

Thank you to all those who came out, we love to meet new people (and of course new birds).

The Philly’s Best Expo was a replacement for the DelCo Bird Club’s annual show, which is usually in April. Due to some officer changes and difficulties securing a location in time, the DelCo club decided not to host their annual show and mart. A couple of the DelCo members got together and decided to host their own show, hence the Philly’s Best Expo.

The expo didn’t have the same draw as the normal DelCo event. Since it didn’t have the backing of a club, there was no actual bird show, which is a big draw. People love to see professional show birds and pit their own birds up against other novice show birds.

The Philly’s Best crew compensated the loss by inviting an avian vet to present at the expo.

The doctor used visual aides and actual surgical footage to reveal an accurate look at bird anatomy.

For shoppers at the expo, it may have been disappointing to see the small number of vendors; there were only about 10.

Over-all:

The show could have been better, but I think that the organizers did everything that they could to make the day a success.

There were talks at the show about hosting another expo in April. I think that April would be better timing for this show because there is not a lot of local competition from bigger, more established shows during the spring.