Contents AUGUST 2020 * VOL. 76, NO. 8 GEORGIA MAGAZINE the 12 Addressing connectivity gap Education partners work together to advance distance learning. By Meghan Frick Georgia's 16 Tracking hummingbirds Banding helps researchers map populations, migration. By Helen Newling Lawson 20 Music to your ears Georgia's symphony orchestras play on. By Pamela A. Keene ISTOCK.COM / STEVEBYLAND 34 COURTESY AUGUSTA SYMPHONY 16 20 On the cover The Milky Way, Earth's home galaxy, rises above Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Lanier County, near Lakeland in South Georgia. (Photo by Jay Blanton / The Georgia Photography Fanatic.) 4 6 8 9 10 14 19 MAILBOX 24 AROUND GEORGIA PICTURE THIS? Places to view the night sky GEORGIA NEWS 27 GEORGIA GARDENS TRIVIA CONTEST CALENDAR OF EVENTS CURRENTS MY GEORGIA Learning lessons at Papa's cabin 23 GEORGIANS AT WORK Tips for attracting hummingbirds 30 GEORGIA COOKS Recipes for summer's bounty 34 SNAPSHOT Four-legged friends Hardy cousins will work for peanuts www.georgiamagazine.org 3http://www.georgiamagazine.org