Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 8, 2006 - 4:42PM

• Main Author: Krause, Bernard L.
• Other Authors: Colver, Kevin J.; Stewart, Martyn, 1955-, 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
• Format: Audio
• Language: unknown
• Published: Western Soundscape Archive, University of Utah 2006
• Subjects: Mew Gull; Arctic Tern; Red-necked Phalarope; Savannah Sparrow; Larus canus; Sterna paradisaea; Phalaropus lobatus; Passerculus sandwichensis; Ambient sounds; Places; Birds; Nature sounds; Arctic; Timber Lake; Arctic tern; north slope; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69w0tr2

Compressed from .wav format into .mp3 delivery format ambient recording 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. Still on island in middle of lake. Very windy but attempting to get calls. Mew gulls and terns in distance but not prominent… Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Weather: Heavy wind (10+ MPH); Temp.: 55F; Altitude: 2783 feet; Biome: Arctic; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra; Aquatic habitat: Lake; Species heard: Mew Gull; Arctic Tern; Red-necked Phalarope; Savannah Sparrow; Local time: 4:42PM