Avian Botanical Co. · No.8
Bar Ledger — Act 3 of 3 · Flight time 0.31s
A colourful parrot juggling three bottles of gin A lorikeet in blue, orange, gold and green perches on the rim of a balloon glass of gin and tonic, juggling three spinning gin bottles in crossing arcs while bubbles rise and citrus wheels turn. GIN SLOE TONIC BITTER LIME JUNIPER · CITRUS · CORIANDER · ANGELICA Squawk! NO. 8 — AVIAN BOTANICAL CO.

Live · SMIL animateMotion · 720 × 960 · click the bird

Fig. 01 — Larus juniperus, mid-cascade. Three bottles ride two arcs that cross 40px above the crown; the tonic beneath is doing its own slow work.

One bird · three bottles · zero spills

TheJugglingParrot

A lorikeet, a balloon glass, and a cascade built from a single closed path — two arcs that cross exactly where a head would be. Nothing here is a video or a sprite sheet: every wing-beat, bubble and blink is vector, timed and looping.

Canvas
720 × 960, one <svg>
Juggling
animateMotion + mpath
Hang time
0.31 s per bottle
Crossing point
40 px above crown
Blink rate
twice per 4.6 s
Raster assets
none

☞ Hover the poster and the bird tracks your cursor. Click it and it will complain about the lighting.

The Act, in four beats

2.4 s cycle — three throws per revolution

01

The throw

Weight leaves a wing-tip every 0.4 s. The path is one closed figure: an up-right arc and an up-left arc, joined at the hands.

02

The hang

Key-points slow each bottle through the apex so gravity reads correctly — the trick nobody notices and everybody feels.

03

The cross

The two arcs intersect above the parrot's crown, so two bottles are always airborne and one is always home.

04

The garnish

Bubbles rise, citrus wheels turn, the tonic surface rolls, and the tail keeps its own slower time against the throw.

JuniperPink grapefruitAngelica rootSloe berryGreen cardamomOrrisCassia barkLime wheel