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Airport in Calhoun, Georgia;  October 9, 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 
430 D. plexippus 2:02 2 m flap,
soar		 straight,
circle		 level,
climb		 280° 227° 154° 1.8 m/s - yes - Butterfly started at 1 m flapped up to a thermal and continued to climb by circling and soaring.  I did not record maximum altitude.  WW:  Radar showed butterfly size targets up to an altitude of 1 km.
431 D. plexippus 2:10 12 m flap straight descend - - - - - - - Butterfly started at 12 m and flapped down.  It was too far to one side to get bearings.
Break - 2:14 - - - - - - - - - - - -
432 P. sennae 2:21 1 m flap straight level 167° - 070° 1.8 m/s - - - A second P. sennae and a V. atalanta were also seen.
433 D. plexippus 2:29 60 m soar,
glide		 circle,
straight		 climb,
descend		 222° left 158° 0.2 m/s - yes - Butterfly was moving from thermal to thermal - It circled and soared, then glided to next thermal 3 times in a row.  A second D. plexippus, vultures, and sharp-shinned hawks were all seen.
434 P. sennae 2:32 3 m flap straight descend 179° - 060° 2.7 m/s - - - Butterfly started at 3 m and flapped down to 1 m.
435 P. sennae 2:40 2 m flap straight level 185° - 085° 1.2 m/s - yes - High scans through binoculars were unproductive.   Swifts were foraging.