Olivier Messiaen studied these to imitate their sounds in works like "Catalogue d'oiseaux"
IN 1912, MIDWAY THROUGH ONE 
OF HIS WORKS, HE WROTE, "I HAVE PENETRATED THE SECRET OF THE... [DOC] [TLE] Birdsong in the Music of Olivier Messiaen A thesis submitted to ... [PAR] approach taken in this study is to survey selected works in turn, developing 
appropriate tabular forms with ... Messiaen: these involve, for example, questions 
of form, melody and rhythm.