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Resaca, Georgia; September 26, 1988  (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.
Path		 Vert. 
Path		 Mag.
Bear.		 Mag.
Head.		 Wind
Dir.		 Wind
Vel.		 Amb.
Temp.		 Thrm.
Act.		 Cloud
Types
Break - 11:47 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Resume - 12:48 - - - - - - - - - - Scattered
cumulus		 Swallows and swifts were foraging up to an altitude of 45 m.
10 Junonia coenia 1:03 12 m flap erratic level 190° - 010° 1.4 m/s
to calm		 28.5°C yes broken
strato-
cumulus		 Hawks and vultures were soaring.  A group of 10 P. sennae flew upward to 30 m, then flew back down.  Territorial behaviour?
11 J. coenia 1:14 30 m soar circle climb - - 257° calm to
1.6 m/s		 - yes - Butterfly started at 6 m and was soaring in circles.    It spiraled nearly straight up.  A second J. coenia was also in the thermal.
12 T. lacerata - - flap,
soar		 - - SSE - - - - yes -

A passing thermal was full of  Anax junius (Green darners).
13 J. coenia 1:23 30 m soar - - 335° - - - - yes -

I missed most of the data.
14 T. lacerata 1:23 - flap,
soar		 straight - 100° - - - - yes -

I missed altitude data for obsevations #13 and #14.
15 T. lacerata 1:25 - flap erratic - S right 305° 1.4 m/s - - - -
16 J. coenia 1:29 20 m flap,
soar,
flap		 straight,
circle,
straight		 climb,
descend		 174° right - - - yes - Butterfly started by flapping upward at 12 m, switched to circling and soaring and climbed to 12 m, then descended to 10 m.  A second J. coenia had a similar up and down  flight path, a third was descending.  Dragonflies, a soaring hawk,  and another P. sennae were also seen.
- - 1:46 - - - - - - - - - - - WW:  Radar was still detecting low targets.
17 B. philenor 1:49 12 m flap straight climb,
descend		 W - - - - - - -

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