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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 
438 D. plexippus 3:31 4 m glide,
flap		 straight descend,
level		 264° - 097° 2.7 m/s - yes - Butterfly started at 4 m, glided down to 0.5 m, and started flapping.  A P. sennae was seen. Swifts were foraging overhead.  No D. plexippus were seen foraging during a check of flowers.
439 D. plexippus 3:36 100 m flap,
soar		 straight,
circle		 climb 273° - - - - yes - Butterfly started at 3 m, flapped up and encountered a thermal, it circled and soared and climbed to 100 m.  The D. plexippus passed through a huge flock of foraging swifts during it's soaring climb and was ignored.
440 D. plexippus 3:37 - glide straight descend 225° - 173° 2.0 m/s - yes - I missed altitude data.  The thermal had drifted too far downwind for detailed inspection but swifts could still be seen foraging in its lower section.
441 D. plexippus 3:40 60 m flap,
soar,
glide		 straight,
circle,
straight		 climb,
descend,
climb		 296° - 157° 2.0 m/s - yes - Butterfly started at 10 m, flapped upward and found a thermal.  The migrant gained altitude while soaring in circles, then left the thermal and glided down to another thermal where it circled and soared up to 60 m.  A swift was seen foraging.