Warblerbrau Porter


ursulav

Warblerbrau Porter

January 31st, 23:14: You can’t drink just one! Or paint just one, either…
Now with correctly placed umlaut!
Prothonotary Warblers are endangered in Canada and in decline throughout the US. They are one of the only warblers to nest in tree cavities, and overwinter in mangrove swamps. Neither paint nor pixels can do justice to the color of the Prothonotary Warbler, which is a shocking, ecstatic yellow. They practically glow in the dark. It’s a thing.
They do not, to the best of my knowledge, wear fezzes in the wild.
Prints available, ‘cos y’know, why not?

Originally published at Tea with the Squash God. You can comment here or there.
Tags: art

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talyxsaunt

2013-01-31 11:17 pm (UTC)

Turn my back for just a moment ...

Love these.

fatfred

2013-01-31 11:56 pm (UTC)

You should get with Wil Wheaton and actually DO these bottles!

madshutterbug

2013-02-01 12:01 am (UTC)

Yanno,

fatfred has a point...

annoyedwabbit

2013-02-01 01:19 am (UTC)

Seconding this. :) That or there must be some microbrewery somewhere owned by a birder...

naomijameston

2013-02-01 02:56 am (UTC)

Thirding! Heck, I don't drink, but I'd buy these!

oceantheorem

2013-02-01 03:03 am (UTC)

Absolutely fourthing. I would buy and drink all of them. Wil Wheaton plus Ursula Vernon? I think I might die of the combined awesome.

dewhitton

2013-02-01 08:55 am (UTC)

Definitely one for me to buy and try.

runeseer

2013-02-01 12:23 am (UTC)

They should wear fezzes.
Fezzes are cool.

raindropreverie

2013-02-01 12:49 am (UTC)

I actually have a friend in the midst of building up his own brewing company. He mostly makes honey rum and the like, but still, maybe there could be a potential partnership? You do his labels and he in turns donates part of the profits to bird conservation efforts? Not sure if you'd need to be paid specifically, but if you want I could ask him and get the two of you in contact? :D

Also, I think this looks great~! And fezzes are cool, fezzes are always cool. :)

freyaw

2013-02-01 08:16 am (UTC)

Regent honeyeater? Helmeted honeyeater (a subspecies of Yellow-tufted honeyeater with a tufted head)?

(Australian. But awesome. And endangered.)

Edited at 2013-02-01 08:16 am (UTC)

raindropreverie

2013-02-02 01:59 am (UTC)

Excellent suggestions! Though I think it'd be ok to put nearly any endangered bird on the label even if the name doesn't involve honey. :)

gardenwaltz

2013-02-01 02:03 am (UTC)

Ivorial Stout for the Ivory Billed Woodpecker? (look, even if they're goners, there's still a lot of benefit to habitat preservation)

jessie_c

2013-02-01 03:53 am (UTC)

"Woodpecker beer: You'll have your own personal woodpecker in your head tomorrow morning."

carmy_w

2013-02-01 03:58 pm (UTC)

*sporfl*

gwalla

2013-02-04 07:05 pm (UTC)

Nah, that's tequila.

talyxsaunt

2013-02-01 04:16 am (UTC)

My birding mentor, with whom I shared this, says:

I believe that the "Prothonotary ..." should be an ale or pale ale, not a porter.

ursulav

2013-02-01 02:24 pm (UTC)

Well, it could have been a pale ale, but I was goin' for alliteration, and someone requested a porter label...

Graydon Saunders

2013-02-01 02:39 pm (UTC)

Bird is named for its resemblance to the official outfit of the head clerk of a medieval court.

I can't imagine any medieval scribe going for pale ale over a porter.

talyxsaunt

2013-02-01 07:22 pm (UTC)

My mentor knows lots more about birds than he does about prothonotaries.

sanura

2013-02-01 04:20 am (UTC)

This one is even cuter! There's something about fezzes, I think.

sauergeek

2013-02-01 05:28 am (UTC)

Oh. Dear. I may need to get all of these. And hang them in my kitchen, or near where I keep the brewing kit.

carmy_w

2013-02-01 04:00 pm (UTC)

I'm seriously thinking about a set for my niece and her husband who are microbrew aficionados!

tree_and_leaf

2013-02-01 11:43 am (UTC)

I'd drink it!

roseofaurora

2013-02-01 12:00 pm (UTC)

I love this! We have a similar looking bird in Poland. I would totally buy this beer and I second, third, and fourth all suggestions for making this a real beer.

Small request, can someone please help me with how I'm supposed to pronounce the name? I don't think I'm doing it right :/</p>

talyxsaunt

2013-02-01 07:24 pm (UTC)

pro-THAHN-uh-tair-ee.

roseofaurora

2013-02-03 10:54 am (UTC)

Thank you! I was waaaay off :)

ursulav

2013-02-03 07:39 pm (UTC)

I still don't pronounce it right half the time. It's the problem of seeing the names written and never pronounced.

talyxsaunt

2013-02-03 10:49 pm (UTC)

That, at least, is the way birders of my acquaintance say it. I have not idea how it is pronounced by the government of Pennsylvania, for example, which has officials of that name.

My mother, who was a birder, pronounced 'plover' to rhyme with 'over'. The birders I know all rhyme it with 'lover,' so that's the way I say it now.

sabine791110

2013-02-01 12:22 pm (UTC)

AWESOME! Hm. How to order prints in such a way that I can get 'em on the bottle.

Dark cherry porter, here we come!

ursulav

2013-02-01 02:23 pm (UTC)

*laugh* Honestly, it'd be easier just to send you a file and have you print 'em yourself on a sticker sheet or something.

sabine791110

2013-02-01 02:33 pm (UTC)

And then the question becomes how to get beer to you from the frozen tundra of WI.

ntlespino

2013-02-01 04:36 pm (UTC)

The answer to that is: With great difficulty

kevinbunny

2013-02-04 09:32 am (UTC)

If it's beer? 'By Any Means Necessary'.

talyxsaunt

2013-02-01 07:25 pm (UTC)

I spy a Pratchett fan.

jesslin

2013-02-01 06:11 pm (UTC)

"Hey Hon! You know that basement bar you want to have? I better get to help decorate!"

I'm less than half kidding. He's not going for man-cave, thank goodness, and I think these would appeal to his sense of the politely absurd. I envision cutting the print to the outline and laminating to a piece of wood for a bit of dimension. Must go ponder :D

zyada

2013-02-01 06:46 pm (UTC)

You know, in December, I was trying to figure out how to get an Ursula Vernon calendar. I finally went with my usual Audubon pick.

If you can get 12 of these done, it would make an absolutely wonderful calendar. I'd buy it, and give a dozen for Christmas gifts.

zyada

2013-02-01 06:47 pm (UTC)

elzebrook

2013-02-01 10:09 pm (UTC)

My partner brews. I am joining the league of people who want to make these into labels for beer.

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(Anonymous)

2013-02-02 06:20 am (UTC)

Something seems a little out of perspective about the branch and the tail feathers, but maybe I'm just drunk.

-jr

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ursulav

2013-02-02 10:46 pm (UTC)

The bird is actually a little off-kilter--he's doing the warbler equivalent of the comic pin-up T&A pose.

aberrant1

2013-02-03 12:25 am (UTC)

They're declining in the US? That makes me very sad. When I lived in Florida, they and the swallow-tailed kite are the two birds that improved my day every time I saw them, no matter how often that was.

And yes, their color is amazing. I think the only medium that might accurately portray it would be a highlighter.

nyc_coyote

2013-02-03 09:08 pm (UTC)

I love these! I'll bet there has to be someone out there who'd be willing to sponsor these brews. Between the art, the bheer and the message, they'd do great!

Never seen a prothonotary in the feather. They supposedly pass thru Jersey but I haven't been out birding in a couple of years. I should dust off my binocs, grab my guide, get out of the house and back out to the Swamp and Overlook. *determined* Oh wait. It's winter. Cold. Maybe in a month or four...

talyxsaunt

2013-02-03 10:51 pm (UTC)

And wear _lots_ of insect repellent.

kevinbunny

2013-02-04 09:37 am (UTC)

It occurs to me that in addition to the usual 'sell the original at the art show', you could also stick a label on an empty beer bottle for use as scultpure/mixed media display...

Oooh! Ooh! Idea! Since folks have expressed interest in making these into beer labels, why not save a step, and sell them as labels? Plenty of homebrew folks out there would love a good label to stick on their brew.

Also, it occurs to me that you haven't done any winged tree frogs in a while. Shocking yellow would work well for them.

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