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Airport in Calhoun, Georgia;  October 8, 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 
387 D. plexippus 9:37 - soar,
flap,
soar		 circle,
straight,
circle		 level,
climb		 168 variable 357 4.0 m/s - yes - A J. coenia landed nearby.
Break - 9:51 - - - - - - - - - - cumulus
puffs		 Cumulus puffs were very thin.  WW:  Radar was not showing any targets.  An air sonde balloon was released.
Resume - 9:58 - - - - - - 004° 5.8 m/s 13.5°C - clear Unidentified day-flying moth took flight and flapped upward.
- - 10:06 - - - - - - - - - yes - WW:  Radar showed targets up to 300 m.  The ambient temperature at 300 m was 7°C level.
- - 10:35 - - - - - - 004° 2.2 m/s 16.0°C - - -
388 J. coenia 10:43 30 m soar,
flap		 circle,
erratic		 climb 179° - 355° 4.5 m/s - yes - Butterfly started at 30 m and climbed by a mix of flapping and soaring in circles.  Was it keeping warm while climbing to the top of inversion?
389 D. plexippus 10:49 45 m soar - - S - - - - yes - John Westbrook's observation.
390 D. plexippus 10:53 30 m flap,
soar		 straight,
circle,
straight		 level,
climb,
level		 190° - 355° 2.7 m/s - yes - Butterfly was flapping along at 5 m when it encountered a thermal and began to soar in circles.  It soared to 30 m before it left the thermal, and first resumed flapping flight, then switched to soaring, still at 30 m.