Trumpeter Swans, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (Montana)
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Common Name: Trumpeter Swan
Scientific Name: Cygnus buccinator
Date: 2014-07-27
Time: Between 2:00AM and 4:00AM
Creator: Rice, Jeff
Description: Distant vocalizations of trumpeter swans
Notes: Recorded in a cottonwood grove along the edge of upper Red Rock Lake. Conditions at 8:45 PM on 7/26/14: Temperature 76 degrees Fahrenheit, humidity 26%, wind 2 mph, skies clear. Conditions at approximately 6:30 AM on 7/26/14: Temperature 43 degrees Fahrenheit, humidity was 60% and winds were 0 to 1 mph; skies were clear and sunny. Swans are heard from a distance.
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (Montana); Beaverhead County (Montana); Montana
Recording Equipment: Sound Devices 722 recorder with Sennheiser MKH30 and MKH40 micrtophones in a stereo MS pattern
Duration: 00:04:48
Acknowledgments: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Audio Rights: Audio file copyright Jeff Rice and Montana State University; Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Image Rights: Photographer: Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DickDaniels Provider: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
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