Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 10 - 1:39PM
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Common Name
Fox Sparrow
Scientific Name
Passerella iliaca
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Emberizidae
Genus
Passerella
Subject
Ambient sounds; Places; Nature sounds; Birds
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
2006-06-10
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; J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
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. Location: Fox sparrow off of stream bed to east of campsite w/ mics facing E across stream – hence the stream noise… Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Weather: Light wind (to 10MPH); Altitude: 2725 feet; Biome: Arctic; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra; Species heard: Fox Sparrow (red); :Local time: 1:39PM
