Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 8, 2006 - 11:02AM

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Title Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 8, 2006 - 11:02AM
Common Name Wandering Tattler; American Robin; White-crowned Sparrow; American Tree Sparrow; Yellow-rumped Warbler; Lesser Yellowlegs
Scientific Name Tringa incana; Turdus migratorius; Zonotrichia leucophrys; Spizella arborea; Dendroica coronata; Tringa flavipes
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. Very light bird density. Distant wandering tattler at 11:40. Wind up 29:00 - 47:00 quite high. Tree sparrow at 12:00 (approx). Myrtle warbler @ 13:00 (approx). Yellowlegs @ approx 18:00 (dist)… Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Weather: Heavy wind (10+ MPH); Temp.: 50.4F; Altitude: 2997 feet; Biome: Arctic; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra; Species heard: Wandering Tattler; American Robin; White-crowned Sparrow; Tree Sparrow; Myrtle Warbler (yellow-rumped); Lesser Yellowlegs; Local time: 11:02AM
Global Positioning System Coordinates 68.38305 / -146.400717
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/s6tx3tmd
Setname uu_wss
ID 1117618
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tx3tmd
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