Butterfly Migration Field Data Form Page

Data                             Obs.   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10               

Date    

Time     Am     Pm

Place

Species                                   Choose One Monarch Mourning Cloak Common Buckeye Pipevine Swallowtail Cloudless Giant Sulphur Red Admiral Painted Lady Gulf Fritillary Question Mark

Flight Behavior I:  Altitude-Record Highest Point Observed

    Estimated Altitude:                              Choose One >0m to 3m >3m to 10m >10m to 30m >30m to 100m >100m

Flight Behavior II:  Type of Flight

     Choose one of the following:          Flap Soar Glide Flap/Soar/Glide

Flight Behavior III:Flight Path in Horizontal Plane

    Choose one of the following:          Straight Circling Erratic Straight/Erratic/Circling

Flight Behavior IV:  Flight Path in Vertical Plane

    Choose one of the following:         Level Climb Descend Level/Climb/Descend

Flight Behavior V:  Vanishing Bearing and Heading

     Record R[ight] or L[eft] for Heading if rotation is obvious but bearing is missed.

                                         Magnetic     True

                                                

Vanish. bearing   

                                                

Heading               

Weather Data:  Record immediately after observations

            Wind Direction      Magnetic         True    

            Wind Velocity (kts, mi/s or km/h) 

            Temperature (C or F) 

            Thermals:    Absent        Present     Weak     Strong  

            Cloud Types:    None     Cumulus     Stratus     Cirrus     Other

 

            % Cloud Cover    

 

 

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