We are lucky in Anamoose to have a wide age spectrum in our bloggers. Kaya and Brianne know what is going on with the school and young people activities. Mardi, Phyllis and I are involved in many Anamoose organizations and activities.
Pictured are: Brianne Johnson, Kaya Engen, Phyllis Zimmerman, Alyce Heer and Mardi Helm.
I can really tell that spring is here when I walk in the early morning. On the outskirts of Anamoose I hear the geese honking. Then as I walk the streets in Anamoose I hear different songbirds. LaDonna Goodwin tells me they are probably meadowlarks and robins singing. Some are very loud like they are scolding each other, so are probably blue-jays.
At the Tourism conference in Cooperstown on March 27th, we hear from Floramay Miller that birding is very popular in ND and birders from foreign lands come to ND. “Birders” are more avid bird watchers in that they keep lists-how many bird species seen in a year, a “big bird count”, etc. Seeing 300 birds in a year in ND is good, but one man in Bismarck saw 325. Seeing 400-500 birds in a life time is good, but now the top number is 600.
Some birds, like the Harris Sparrow, only fly the central flyway. Anamoose is in a good location for seeing birds as the birds from the east coast and west coast overlap here.
We have 3 birding trails in the Anamoose area. We have a brochure-Central Dakota Birding Drive- that is available at the Anamoose Bakery/Cafe. In the brochure it lists at least 35 birds seen here, starting with the Piping Plovers, Swainson’s Hawk, short eared owl, Gray Partridge, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Franklins’s Gulls, Black-terns, & on & on. 
The picture shows Floramay Miiler and David Lambeth, speakers at the conference. I was surprised when yesterday I read in the ND Medicine-UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences about Lambert, PhD. “For Lambert, who’s retiring in June, birding has offered a much-needed opportunity to recharge his spirit”.