Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Sunset Pass - June 3, 2006 - 2:27PM

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Title Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Sunset Pass - June 3, 2006 - 2:27PM
Common Name Smith's Longspur; White-crowned Sparrow
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Craniata
Class Aves
Subject Ambient sounds; Places; Birds; Nature sounds
Spatial Coverage Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska); Alaska; Sunset Pass (Alaska)
Creator Stewart, Martyn, 1955-
Media Rights Management Principal Investigator: Bernie Krause, PhD; Project collaborators and associates: Kevin Colver, Martyn Stewart
Publisher Western Soundscape Archive, University of Utah
Contributors Krause, Bernard L.; Colver, Kevin J.
Date 2006-06-03
Type Sound
Format audio/mpeg
Digitization Specifications Compressed from .wav format into .mp3 delivery format
Contributing Institution Support for the Arctic Soundscape Project was provided by the Animal Welfare Institute, Calgary Zoo, Harvard University, Google (Firm), Johnson Outdoor Industries, Madrone Audubon Society, Maine Community Foundation, Patagonia, Inc., SanDisk, SkyWalker Sound, individual residents of the Sonoma County community, Stanford University, University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Description ambient recording
Note Field notes: snowed early morning with gusts up to 12 mph, very cold in the wind. Not many species obvious, saw 1 grizzly bear walk through the camp late last night. Recording is mostly wind..... Conditions are changeable... On the original recording a -30db tone was inserted at the start of the recording. This recording has been normalized. Many bees were evident... Smith's flight calls and chips can be heard... Habitat: Foothills/tundra; Elevation: 1560 Feet; Climate: Dry; Season: Spring; Weather: Wind, overcast; Wind speed: 4 MPH; Temp. 32F; Humidity: 58%; Local Time: 14:27
Global Positioning System Coordinates 69.6555 / -144.055
Additional Resources Arctic Soundscape Project; http://www.wildsanctuary.com/popv2/pop_arctic
Source File Recording Equipment Recorder: Sound devices 722; Microphones: MKH-30/40 combo; Mic pattern: ms; Sample bit rate: 44.1 kHz/24 bits
ARK ark:/87278/s6m61zhv
Setname uu_wss
ID 1117643
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m61zhv
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