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Airport in Calhoun, Georgia;  October 9, 1987;    
(Magnetic Declination = 2°W:  Subtract 2° for True Bearing, True Heading and True Wind Direction)
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 
442 D. plexippus 3:46 25 m soar circle level NW - - - - yes - I lost sight of the butterfly.
443 D. plexippus 3:54 60 m glide,
flap,
soar		 straight,
circle,		 descend,
level,
climb		 265° left 110° 1 m/s - yes - Butterfly was soaring and circling at 20 m.  It glided down to 3 m and started flapping, then found a thermal and soared and flapped upward, switched to circlng and soaring and climbed to 60 m.  WW:  Radar showed that numbers (aloft) were decreasing rapidly.  Swifts were foraging.
444 D. plexippus - - glide straight descend,
land		 - - - - 23.0°C yes - Butterfly glided down and landed in the grass.
445 D. plexippus 4:00 - glide straight descend,
land		 W left - - - yes - Butterfly glided down and landed in the grass.  It was too far away for me to take its bearings.  Vultures were soaring at 60 m and swifts were foraging.
446 D. plexippus 4:10 45 m soar circle climb W - 088 1.6 m/s - yes - I lost sight of it against the sun.
447 T. lacerata 4:19 3 m flap straight level WSW 178 095 2.0 m/s - yes - WW:  Radar showed that most of the targets had settled.
- - 4:24 - - - - - - - - - - - Released an air sonde.
448 D. plexippus 4:32 7 m flap,
soar,
flap		 straight,
circle,
straight		 climb,
level		 248 215 115 1.5 m/s - yes - Butterfly flapped up to thermal at 7 m, soared in circles for a while, then let thermal and resumed flapping flight.