While I was playing my piano this morning, I saw a sparrow land on a pole outside my window, looking towards the sound for a few minutes, listening. It's not the first time this has happened. I have a cardinal who regular comes by and sits for quite awhile, seemingly entranced by the sound.
Last summer, playing outside at Woodstock Trading Company, a bird flew into the tree above me and sang along for about four songs. Then in December, also at WTC, Mugsy the Cat sat on a chair and later on a stool, an attentive audience member for at least an hour. If you don't believe me, check out the video on You Tube of me playing Ripple at WTC at
https://www.youtube.com/user/lgcpiano#p/u/21/uoxVppNz8dU .
I'm not trying to make any major point here about my music, just that music is a language and communicates to the world on many different levels. And I am mildly entertained when working on a song, and I look up and see a bird listening!