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🌱 How a Foley backyard hummingbird helped rewrite migration science

Foley, Alabama Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Foley backyard hummingbird helped rewrite migration science

Also on today's calendar: Alabama Gulf Coast Music Hall and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 91 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 91, low: 75.
  • Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 90 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Baldwin County researchers develop historic tiny transmitter to track hummingbirds' migration (gulfcoastmedia.com) — Cutting-edge hummingbird research rooted on the Alabama Gulf Coast is using tiny BlūMorpho transmitters to map migrations from places like Lillian and Daphne all the way to Alaska. Baldwin County birders lead the HumTrack project, and Foley resident Ellen Crotty even helped track a backyard hummer’s daily flights around town, showing how local feeders are feeding big scientific breakthroughs.
   

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  • Good morning everyone, here is a scam I just got as a response to one of my items for sale.
    Someone posing as a Nextdoor rep. wanting me to add my bankcard to my sellers profile.Nice try. DO NOT FALL FOR THAT.... (Nextdoor Parish Lakes/Iberville)
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  • Baldwin County 911 awarded top in state for public safety answering (gulfcoastmedia.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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