The Savannah bird blind, construction progress to August 5, 2020:

The Savannah bird blind, construction progress to October 9, 2020:

The Savannah bird blind, construction progress to November 3, 2020:

The Savannah bird blind, construction progress to September 1, 2021

The Savannah bird blind, construction progress to October 7, 2021:

The Savannah bird blind, construction progress to January 25, 2022:

Completion of the trail to the new Savannah Bird Blind April 23, 2022

Since 2007, Scout Troop 285, based in north San Antonio, has served Guadalupe River State Park twice each year by conducting workdays in a number of diverse areas of the park and in several different ways. For instance, on Saturday morning, 23 April, twenty-two troop volunteers met at park headquarters to finish the new trail section off the Painted Bunting Trail, which will provide access to the new Savanah wildlife viewing blind built over the past five years by the Friends of GRSP/ HCSNA (see photos below). Three years ago, troop volunteers established an initial short trail section providing access to the blind site for the construction process to begin. These two joined trail sections will now provide access to the blind from both sides of the Painted Bunting Loop for park visitors into the future. Scouts and adult volunteers removed grass and weeds in the new section, approximately 1000 feet in length, while removing many of the limestone rocks from the path of the new trail. As the work was completed, the Scouts were able to enter the new blind and to meet there the Friends volunteers, John Prentice and Linda Gindler, who have served as key facilitators and coordinators of the overall blind project through the years. Finally, the Scouts enjoyed lunch provided by Cole Finney, senior Scout and project coordinator for the 23 April troop workday.  Troop 285 will look forward to the next opportunity to provide volunteer service at the park in the fall.

The official Friends ribbon-cutting for opening the new blind and trail to the public will be held in the near future.