Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 9, 2006 - 2:29PM

• 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; American Tree Sparrow; Lesser Yellowlegs; Larus canus; Sterna paradisaea; Phalaropus lobatus; Spizella arborea; Tringa flavipes; Ambient sounds; Places; Birds; Nature sounds; Arctic; Timber Lake; Arctic tern; north slope; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p561r0

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. Location: Western shoreline of island. Tree sparrow 9:30. Terns from 20:00. Phalaropes around 35:00. Tern dive into lake at 39:59. Merganser fly-over at 25:41. Beaver (plane) flyby begins at 38:36 - 56:44 (approx) when another approaches circling to land at campsite… Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Weather: Light wind (to 10MPH); Temp.: 71.8F; Altitude: 2772 feet; Biome: Arctic; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra; Species heard: Mew Gull; Arctic Tern; Red-necked Phalarope; Tree Sparrow; Lesser Yellowlegs; Local time: 2:29PM