Jasper DiSalvo, 6, looks at a parrot during the Seattle Parrot Expo at the Auburn Community & Event Center last weekend. The two-day expo presented a variety of exhibitions, a petting zoo, a walk-through aviary, parrot tales, a story room, games, speakers and workshops.
Proceeds benefited the Flight Club Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on improving parrot welfare and supporting conservation and research.
Parrot Expo Board member Jackie Cotrell has Nika Covaljiu, 5, look at her parrots Domino and Madison. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
Russ Campbell tells a parrot story to Esmeralda Salamone and her daughters Amalia, 7, and Artaea, 2, with the parrot Molly watching. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
The Parrot Lady, Debbie Goodrich, and her parrot Oly, with the parrot mascot Tui. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
Jayce Huffman, 11, with parrot Mila. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
Theo Brown, 4, plays a parrot bean bag game. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
