doc <josh at pogo.cqs.washington.edu> writes,


>I too have a song i.d.; I am sure this is some sort of local
>sparrow, but it's driving me nuts! It sings in my back yard,
>here in Seattle, and has that quavery human-whistling character
>that is like, say, a song sparrow.

>The song is three notes, each of fairly equal length, in
>a descending triplet. This particular one (I tested it against
>my piano) is G# - F - C#, two octaves above middle C.

>It reminds me irresistably of one of the Brandenburg Concerti,
>which begins the same way.

>Any ideas?

>Josh Hayes, Quantitative Sciences, Univ. of Washington
>josh at pogo.cqs.washington.edu

Might be a Golden-crowned Sparrow.

Jerry Tangren, Wenatchee WA
<gsw$en at wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu>