Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 5, 2006 - 1:13PM

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Title Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 5, 2006 - 1:13PM
Common Name American Tree Sparrow
Scientific Name Spizella arborea
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Craniata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Emberizidae
Genus Spizella
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 2006-06-05
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. Mostly wind 30 - 40 kts and occasional tree sparrow. Set-up across creek from camp to the east in willows & white spruces. Lots of bear, wolf and caribou tracks, but no 4-legged critters… Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Weather: Heavy wind (10+ MPH); Temp.: 50F; Altitude: 2802 feet; Biome: Arctic; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra; Species heard: Tree Sparrow; Local time: 1:13PM
Global Positioning System Coordinates 68.38785 / -146.411733
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/s6gm8mk5
Setname uu_wss
ID 1117613
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gm8mk5
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