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Airport in Calhoun, Georgia;  September 30, 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 
162 J. coenia 3:46 60 m flap,
glide		 straight descend 168° right 346° 6.7 m/s - yes - Butterfly descended to 10 m.  May have been attracted to trees.  A second D. plexippus was seen at 240 m. Swifts were foraging.
163 D. plexippus 3:50 130 m soar circle climb 158° - 342° 5.8 m/s - yes - Butterfly started at 100 m and circled upward. A strong, well organized, thermal.  Two more J. coenia also seen, one higher in thermal and one at 2 m.
164 J. coenia 3:57 100 m soar straight,
erratic		 level 185° (161°) 347° 3.6 - yes - A D. plexippus was flying at the same altitude as the migrant.  A second, lower, J. coenia was also seen.  Swifts were foraging.
165 J. coenia 3:59 100 m soar straight,
erratic		 level 196° - 006° 3.1 m/s 22.5°C yes - A second J. coenia approached the migrant.  A T. lacerata was flying in the same thermal.
166 D. plexippus 4:05 130 m soar circle level 173° - 350° 4.0 m/s - yes - a second, lower, J. coenia was also in the thermal.
167 D. plexippus 4:08 60 m soar circle level 174° - 354° 4.5 m/s - yes - A lower flying J. coenia was seen flapping in the thermal.
168 D. plexippus 4:13 30 m soar straight,
circle		 level,
climb		 203° 260° 334° 2.0 m/s - yes - Butterfly was soaring level at 30 m, with occasional circling, when it encountered strong lift and began circling upward.  A second, lower, D. plexippus was flapping upward.