Beluga whale:

Date/time (local)OccurrenceLatitudeLongitudeNotes
09/07/16 04:36:18Possibly detected69.3747-164.6936Faint MF downsweep in p13 classified as beluga. Since it is faint, I'm not 100% convinced, so scoring as "possibly detected". Lots of LF signals to double check, too.
09/07/16 07:51:18Possibly detected69.3826-164.6550Faint downsweep in p14 seems like beluga. Im good with that but since there's only 1...
09/07/16 11:51:18Possibly detected69.3992-164.6160MF sounds in p8 seem like real cetacean calls, perhaps beluga, but the pitch tracks are not particularly well shaped. One is classified as beluga. Scoring as "possibly detected" for beluga, but will need Kate's opinion on this. I agree with cetacean, and likely beluga.


Bowhead whale:

Date/time (local)OccurrenceLatitudeLongitudeNotes
09/07/16 05:51:18Detected69.3767-164.6756Looks very much like bowhead song in p5-6. Calls are loud, mostly isolated from noise pitch tracks, not stacked, have some variability in frequency (sweeps or U shapes), and occur in a discrete sequence. My only concern is that the calls are so short in duration (less than a second in many cases). Scoring as "detected" pending Kate's assessment. --Could also be humpback




Notes:

Date/time (local)LatitudeLongitudeNotes
09/07/16 02:36:1869.3694-164.7036Upsweep in p2 is interesting - reasonably loud and isolated from other noise (although it does have a faint monotone pitch track directly under it). There is a classified beluga call in p11, but pitch track looks odd. Leaving "not detected" for all species.
09/07/16 03:51:1869.3719-164.7003Loud short downsweep in p7, but it is not isolated from other noise, and there's just the one call. Leaving as not detected for all species.
09/07/16 04:36:1869.3747-164.6936Faint MF downsweep in p13 classified as beluga. Since it is faint, I'm not 100% convinced, so scoring as "possibly detected". Lots of LF signals to double check, too.
09/07/16 05:26:5969.3771-164.6770Lots of noise here, but most are stacked monotone pitch tracks and none are isolated.
09/07/16 05:51:1869.3767-164.6756Looks very much like bowhead song in p5-6. Calls are loud, mostly isolated from noise pitch tracks, not stacked, have some variability in frequency (sweeps or U shapes), and occur in a discrete sequence. My only concern is that the calls are so short in duration (less than a second in many cases). Scoring as "detected" pending Kate's assessment. --Could also be humpback
09/07/16 07:51:1869.3826-164.6550Faint downsweep in p14 seems like beluga. Im good with that but since there's only 1...
09/07/16 11:51:1869.3992-164.6160MF sounds in p8 seem like real cetacean calls, perhaps beluga, but the pitch tracks are not particularly well shaped. One is classified as beluga. Scoring as "possibly detected" for beluga, but will need Kate's opinion on this. I agree with cetacean, and likely beluga.
09/07/16 12:36:1869.4039-164.6078Lots of stacked pitch tracks here - not at all confident that they are real calls. Short LF upsweep in p6 is interesting, but not really isolated from noise around it. MF downsweep in p8 is also interesting, but its really quite faint and not classified.
09/07/16 13:51:1869.4108-164.5901Sequence of loud pitch tracks in p11 is interesting, but flanked by what looks like noise. The pitch tracks are all monotones. Not convinced.
09/07/16 14:36:1869.4159-164.5821MF sound in p3 - what is this?
09/07/16 19:26:5369.4407-164.5185Some LF craziness going on in p16.
09/07/16 20:36:1869.4452-164.5046Interesting sounds in p6 - no idea what they are.


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