Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 8, 2006 - 4:42PM
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Common Name
American Golden-Plover
Scientific Name
Pluvialis dominica
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Pluvialis
Subject
Ambient sounds; Places; Birds; Nature sounds
Place Names
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska); Alaska; Timber Lake (North Slope Borough, Alaska)
Creator of Media Recording
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.Original
2006-06-08
Resource Type
sound
Format
audio/wav
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
Recording Description
ambient recording
Notes
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. Continuation of T18 on hill at S side of lake. Windy. Trying to record Am. golden plover.
Very windy. Some short calls at beginning of take and at 1:51 & 1:55. A few good calls. Otherwise, just fair… Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Weather: Heavy wind (10+ MPH); Temp.:55F; Altitude: 2801 feet; Biome: Arctic; Aquatic habitat: Lake; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra; Species heard: American Golden Plover; Local time: 4:42PM
