 Table VI a - Page 44
Airport in Calhoun, Georgia; October 3, 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 |
Start |
- |
8:00 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
352° |
5.7 m/s |
9.5°C |
yes |
none |
Vultures and swifts were foraging. |
Break |
- |
8:15 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
cumulus
puffs |
- |
Resume |
- |
9:16 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
020° |
6.7 m/s |
11.5°C |
yes |
small,
scattered,
cumulus |
- |
Break |
- |
9:33 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
010° |
4.7 m/s |
- |
yes |
- |
Swifts and vultures were foraging. |
Resume |
- |
11:39 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
353° |
6.3 m/s |
14.5°C |
yes |
scattered
cumulus |
- |
249 |
D. plexippus |
11:55 |
130 m |
soar |
circle |
level |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
yes |
- |
Lost sight of butterfly against the glare of the sky. A
second D. plexippus was seen flying at about 250 m |
250 |
D. plexippus |
11:58 |
130 m |
soar |
circle |
level |
223° |
- |
030° |
4.0 m/s |
15.0°C |
yes |
- |
- |
251 |
D. plexippus |
12:06 |
100 m |
soar |
straight |
level |
223° |
266° |
007° |
2.9 m/s |
- |
yes |
- |
Butterfly was at least 100 m. A second D. plexippus
was also in the thermal. Vultures were soaring. |
252 |
D. plexippus |
12:13 |
100 m |
soar |
- |
- |
SSW |
- |
- |
- |
- |
yes |
- |
Lost sight of butterfly against the glare of the sky. Swifts
were foraging. |
253 |
J. coenia |
- |
5 m |
flap |
erratic |
erratic |
202° |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
May have been foraging. |