[obol] re: talented song sparrow

[Kat & Bill]

At our old house we had a Red-winged Blackbird that
would pipe out the first 5 notes of Beethoven's 5th.
Very interesting! 
There weren't any musicians in the neighborhood, and
we were bordered by greenway on either side for quite
a distance. No telling where he picked it up!

Kat in Eugene - katandbill at yahoo.com

A resident song sparrow in my yard has recently chosen
a tune that starts out with the first four notes of
Beethoven's 5th Symphony.  It's so clear -my son first
mentioned hearing it.  When I heard it later there was
no doubt (three Gs and an E flat).  I understand these
well-known notes were also used in WWII Morse Code as
V for victory. He's been singing this little tune on
and off for a couple of weeks.  Sometimes he throws in
a fifth note to spoil the effect.  
On another note: chipping sparrows regularly nest just

north of St. Helens in Columbia County in a remnant
oak/ash woodland 
community, complete with camas meadows.  It's the only
place I know to see these sparrows locally.  Lona

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