Table XI c - Page 85Airport in Calhoun, Georgia; October 8, 1987;
(Magnetic Declination = 2°W: Subtract 2° for True Bearing, True Heading and True Wind Direction)
Alt.
of Flt.
Flt.
Flt.
Bear.
Head.
Dir.
Vel.
Temp
Act.
Types
descend
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| Table XI c - Page 85 Airport in Calhoun, Georgia; October 8, 1987; (Magnetic Declination = 2°W: Subtract 2° for True Bearing, True Heading and True Wind Direction) |
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| Num. | Species | Time | Flight Behavior | Weather | Field Notes | |||||||||
| I | II | III | IV | Va | Vb | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | ||||||
| Est. Alt. |
Type of Flt. |
Horiz. Flt. |
Vert. Flt. |
Mag. Bear. |
Mag. Head. |
Wind Dir. |
Wind Vel. |
Amb. Temp |
Thrm. Act. |
Cloud Types |
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| - | - | 10:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.5°C | - | - | WW: Radar showed that a few minutes ago a cloud of large and small targets passed by. |
| - | - | 11:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | WW: Radar showed that most targets were below 700 - 800 m. |
| 391 | J. coenia | 11:06 | 10 m | flap | straight | climb, descend |
187° | - | - | - | - | - | - | Butterfly started at 3 m, flapped up to 10 m, then flapped back down to 3 m. WW: Radar showed that some of the targets were at an altitude of 1 km. |
| - | - | 11:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 358° | 4.9 m/s | - | - | - | - |
| 392 | J. coenia | 11:16 | 2 m | flap | straight | level | 180° | - | 358° | 4.9 m/s | - | - | - | - |
| Break | - | 11:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Resume | - | 12:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.5°C | - | - | Wayne Wolf took a break from operating the radar to examine flowers for foraging D. plexippus. None were found. |
| - | - | 12:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 018° | 3.4 m/s | - | - | - | WW: Radar showed D. plexippus -like targets from tree top level and from ground level up to 800 m. |