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  Table XI e - Page 87Airport in Calhoun, Georgia; October 8, 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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| Break | - | 1:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Resume | - | 1:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Swifts were foraging J. coenia was seen, and a Sharp-shinned hawk flew over. |
| - | - | 2:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 354° | 3.1 m/s | 18.0°C | - | - | WW: Radar was detecting targets down to level of ground clutter. Upper targets were oriented 050°/230° and were facing 230°. |
| 398 | D. plexippus | 2:17 | 15 m | flap, soar |
straight, circle |
climb | 180° | 248° | 349° | 2.7 m/s | - | yes | - | Butterfly started at 4 m and flapped up to a thermal, started to circle and soar and climbed to 15 m before vanishing. Vultures were soaring at 100 m and swifts were foraging at 30 m. |
| 399 | J. coenia | 2:45 | 2 m | flap | straight | descend, climb |
S | - | - | - | - | - | - | Butterfly was too far to one side for me to take its bearing. |
| - | - | 3:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 019° | 2.2 m/s | 17.5°C | - | - | - |
| - | - | 3:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Swifts were foraging at 150 m. |
| - | - | 3:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5% cloud cover |
WW: Radar still showed an abundance of targets. Some targets were flapping at 60 Hertz and some were soaring. A hawk was soaring. |