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Farmer's Field in Resaca, Georgia;  September 26, 1988;  Co-ordinates = 34°35'N, 84°57'W;  Altitude = 195 m;
Magnetic Declination = 2°W (Subtract 2° for True); Magnetic Inclination = 65.30°
Observers:  David Gibo, Wayne Wolf, and John Westbrook 
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.
Path 		Vert.
Path 		Mag.
Bear.		 Mag.
Head.		 Wind
Dir.		 Wind
Vel.		 Amb.
Temp.		 Thrm.
Act.		 Cloud
Types
Start - 7:00 - - - - - - 340° 1.8 m/s 17.5°C no low clouds,
fog patches 		Yesterday I saw two Danaus plexippus (Monarch butterflies) while driving.  A very slow moving front was passing through the region.
- - 7:21 - - - - - - 340° 1.0 m/s - no clouds
and fog clearing		 -
- - 8:00 - - - - - - 342° 2.3 m/s 19.0°C no - Hawks (Buteo sp.) were flapping instead of soaring.
- - 8:42 - - - - - - - - - no - Wayne Wolf (WW):  Radar showed widely scattered targets moving downwind.  Chimney Swifts were foraging.
- - 8:47 - - - - - - - - - yes thermal
puffs		 Thermal puffs indicated  that the nocturnal inversion was breaking down.   Swallows were foraging.
- - 9:01 - - - - - - 346° 2.3 m/s 20.5°C - - WW:  Radar-reflective balloon that was released  tracked on a  176° bearing at 55 m.
- - 9:15 - - - - - - - - - yes - A Turkey Vulture was soaring at 60 m.  Visit the Turkey Vulture Society for more information about vultures.
- - 9:27 - - - - - - - - - - - WW:  Radar shows butterfly-like targets at an altitude of 400 m and out to 2 km - bearing SW.  A Great Blue Heron flew over and a  Battus philenor (Pipevine Swallowtail) flew past.