Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 10, 2006 - 11:06AM

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Title Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 10, 2006 - 11:06AM
Common Name Varied thrush
Scientific Name Ixoreus naevius
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Craniata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Turdidae
Genus Ixoreus
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: On shelf abt 1.5 miles N of campsite 500' above valley trying to record merlins. Varied thrush (dist) during slate. Very lite ambience. Lots of human mvt around mic… Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Weather: Light wind (to 10MPH); Temp.: 62.6F; Altitude: 3201 feet; Biome: Arctic; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra; Species heard: Varied thrush; Local time: 11:06AM
Global Positioning System Coordinates 68.396383 / -146.41645
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/s6dn4j9z
Setname uu_wss
ID 1117629
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dn4j9z