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Airport in Calhoun, Georgia;  October 4, 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 
266 D. plexippus 4:33 12 m flap straight level,
climb		 185° right 356° 2.9 m/s - - - Butterfly started at 1 and flapped up to clear trees.  High scans with binoculars were not productive at 4:29 P.M.
Break - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Resume - 5:12 - - - - - - 350° m/s 18.5°C - - WW:  D. plexippus were in clusters at about 100 m.  This pattern was associated with soaring in thermals.
267 D. plexippus 5:23 100 m soar,
flap		 straight,
(circle)		 level 185° 205° - - - - - Butterfly made a few circles at the start.
268 D. plexippus 5:25 15 m flap,
soar,
flap		 straight level 190° 215° 359° 1.3 m/s - - - -
269 D. plexippus 5:33 15 m flap,
glide		 straight level,
descend		 S - 003° 1.6 m/s 18.0°C - - Butterfly descended to 10 m and landed in a tree.  It had flow by too far to one side ( > 65 m) for me to take a bearing.  Swifts were foraging.  High scans through binoculars are unproductive.
270 D. plexippus 5:57 30 m flap,
soar,
glide		 circle,
straight		 climb,
level,
descend		 207° right 332° <1.0 m/s 18.0°C - - Butterfly started at 5 m, made a few large circles while flapping up to 30 m, flapped straight and began to soar level as it passed over a tree, then turned back, and glided down to land in the tree.