| Title |
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 10, 2006 - 9:38PM |
| Common Name |
Willow Ptarmigan |
| Scientific Name |
Lagopus lagopus |
| Subject |
Ambient sounds; Places; Birds; Nature sounds |
| Spatial Coverage |
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska); Alaska; Timber Lake (North Slope Borough, Alaska) |
| Creator |
Krause, Bernard L. |
| Media Rights Management |
Principal Investigator: Bernie Krause, PhD; Project collaborators and associates: Kevin Colver, Martyn Stewart |
| Publisher |
Western Soundscape Archive, University of Utah |
| Contributors |
Colver, Kevin J.; Stewart, Martyn, 1955- |
| Date |
2006-06-10 |
| 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: 1k tone @ beginning = 64dBA at mic input (for calibration) Late spring. Weather conditions extreme during any hour (cold, windy, snow, rain, warm). Former hunting camp where wildlife generally shy of humans. No predators or large megafauna seen over 10 day period on site... Location: abt 20m w of campsite kitchen. Strange ptarmigan sounds in distance... Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Heavy wind (10+ MPH); Biome: Arctic; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra; Species heard: Willow Ptarmigan; Local time: 9:38PM |
| Additional Resources |
Arctic Soundscape Project; http://www.wildsanctuary.com/popv2/pop_arctic |
| Source File Recording Equipment |
Recorder: Sound Devices 722; Microphone: Senn. 30/40 MS combo; Mic pattern: M-S; Sample Bit rates: 44.1/24/WAV |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6hd87xb |
| Setname |
uu_wss |
| ID |
1117636 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd87xb |
