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  Table II b, Page 8Resaca, Georgia; September 27, 1988 (Declination = 2°W: Subtract 2° for True Bearing, True Heading and True Wind Direction) |
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| Num. | Species | Time | Flight Behaviour | 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. |
Am. Temp. |
Thrm. Act. |
Cloud Types |
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| 52 | D. plexippus | 9:04 | 12 m | glide, flap |
straight | descend, level |
312° | left | 177° | 3.4 m/s | - | yes | thermal puffs |
Three vultures soaring. |
| 53 | D. plexippus | 9:11 | 300 m | glide | straight | descend | 323° | - | 177° | 3.4 m/s | - | - | - | - |
| 54 | D. plexippus | 9:21 | 30 m | glide, soar |
straight, circle |
descend, level |
268° | (230°) | 158° | 5.6 m/s | - | yes | - | Vultures soaring at 100 m. One D. plexippus flew by low. |
| 55 | D. plexippus | 9:24 | 12 m | glide, soar |
straight, circle |
descend, climb |
232° | (left) | 157° | 3.4 m/s | - | yes | - | Vultures soaring. |
| 56 | D. plexippus | 9:32 | 60 m | soar | straight | level | 322° | left | 164° | 3.2 m/s | - | yes | - | A second D. plexippus in thermal and a third at 3 m. |
| 57 | D. plexippus | 9:35 | 100 m | soar | circle, straight |
level | 299° | (left) | 147° | 1.4 m/s | - | yes | - | Two more D. plexippus in thermal. |
| 58 | D. plexippus | 9:48 | 100 m | soar | straight | level | 333° | left | 158° | 4.1 m/s | - | yes | - | - |
| - | - | 9:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 156° | 2.7 m/s | 22.5 | yes | thermal puffs |
Vultures soaring. |
| 59 | D. plexippus | 10:02 | 20 m | flap, soar, glide |
straight, circle |
level, climb |
326° | (left) | 180° | 4.5 m/s | - | yes | - | Soaring and circling part of flight showed strong wind-drift. Vultures soaring. Radar balloon drifted NW. |
| 60 | D. plexippus | 10:10 | 12 m | flap, soar, glide |
straight, circle |
level, climb, descend |
280° | (left) | 154° | 3.6 m/s | - | yes | - | Soaring and circling part of flight showed strong wind drift. |
| 61 | D. plexippus | 10:18 | 30 m | glide, soar |
straight, circle |
descend, climb |
323° | (left) | 154° | 3.2 m/s | - | yes | - | 3 more D. plexippus flew by. |
| - | - | 10:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | yes | fewer puffs |
Vultures soaring. |
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