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  Table III s - Page 30Airport in Calhoun, Georgia; September 30, 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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| 184 | D. plexippus | 5:30 | 100 m | soar | circle, straight |
level | 219° | 256° | 018° | 1.8 m/s | - | yes | - | Butterfly circled and then soared straight. Another, higher, D. plexippus was also seen. |
| 185 | D. plexippus | 5:34 | 130 m | soar | circle, straight |
level | 179° | right | 020° | 3.1 m/s | - | yes | - | Two lower D. plexippus were seen in same thermal - they were probably descending. |
| 186 | D. plexippus | 5:39 | 130 m | soar | circle, straight |
level | 179° | right | 357° | 2.2 m/s | - | yes | - | A T. lacerata was flying in the same thermal. |
| 187 | D. plexippus | 5:42 | 100 m | soar | circle, straight |
level | 170° | right | 001° | 4.9 m/s | - | yes | - | A another, higher, D. plexippus was also seen. |
| 188 | D. plexippus | 5:47 | 15 m | flap, soar, glide |
straight, variable, (circle), straight |
climb, level, descend |
190° | right | 350° | 2.7 m/s | - | yes | - | Butterfly started at 10 m, gained altitude by flapping and soaring, soared level at 15 m, then glided steeply down to grove of trees. It was near sunset. A higher D. plexippus was also seen. |
| 189 | D. plexippus | 5:47 | 200 m | soar | straight | level | 181° | right | 360° | 3.4 m/s | - | yes | - | Two more D. plexippus were seen flying in the thermal at about 60 m. |
| 190 | D. plexippus | 5:49 | 130 m | soar | circle | level | 157° | - | 336° | 3.8 m/s | - | yes | - | Three more D. plexippus were seen in the thermal. |
| 191 | D. plexippus | 5:56 | 100 m | soar | straight | level | 186° | 230° | 350° | 2.2 m/s | - | yes | - | Three more D. plexippus were seen - two higher and one at 12 m. |
| 192 | D. plexippus | 5:58 | 100 m | soar | circle, straight |
level | 168° | - | 352° | 1.8 m/s | - | yes | - | Another, higher, D. plexippus was also seen. |