{"id":1,"date":"2011-06-14T19:58:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T19:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2021-04-30T18:48:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:48:47","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What a simple and perfect motive&#8230;for a bird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/chickadee.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chickadee.jpg\" alt=\"Chickadee\" class=\"wp-image-95\" title=\"chickadee\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chickadee.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chickadee-300x130.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What a perfectly wonderful motive.&nbsp;This is the Black-capped Chickadee&#8217;s call and since April&nbsp;these tiny birds have been going strong outside my window. &nbsp;Of course I&#8217;m leaving out some important information that would make it quite difficult for us to emulate this brief sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I always thought the loneliness this song evokes was the result of the wide major second, in this case, a <em>sharpish<\/em> B to an A. 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