How about Golden-crowned Sparrow.

Gene Hunn.

On Mon, 25 Apr 1994, doc wrote:

>
> 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
>