| Title |
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 8, 2006 - 1:29AM |
| Common Name |
Willow Ptarmigan; Hoary Redpoll; American Tree Sparrow; White-crowned Sparrow; Savannah Sparrow; Lesser Yellowlegs; Upland Sandpiper |
| Scientific Name |
Lagopus lagopus; Carduelis hornemanni; Spizella arborea; Zonotrichia leucophrys; Passerculus sandwichensis; Tringa flavipes; Bartramia longicauda |
| 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 |
2006-06-08 |
| 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. Early morning. Because light is in shadow behind mtns to the N of camp, the birds seem to like this time of day to perform some kind of dawn chorus. Flowing water in bkg. Wind comes up at 43:30 (approx) and continues through rest of take… Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Weather: Light wind (to 10MPH); Temp.: 38F; Altitude: 2784 feet; Biome: Arctic; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra; Species heard: Willow Ptarmigan; Hoary Redpoll; Tree Sparrow; White-crowned Sparrow; Savannah Sparrow; Lesser Yellowlegs; Upland Sandpiper (distant); Local time: 1:29AM |
| Global Positioning System Coordinates |
68.367733 / -146.4181 |
| 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/s6zp4kb4 |
| Setname |
uu_wss |
| ID |
1117617 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zp4kb4 |
