Developments

The Black-capped and Bell's vireos are back. Also the Scott's oriole, the Hooded oriole, Black-chinned hummingbirds, Painted buntings... This spring and summer have brought with them more than flowers, bright greens gone to scorched, and birds...they bring developments.

Eaton Hill Wildlife Sanctuary is working toward being a stand-alone non-profit organization. We will be officially known as the Eaton Hill Nature Center. We are working on having a small store, nature-style, with walking sticks, cards, notepads, and other gift items. We have formed a "Friends of Eaton Hill" group, and will form a group of volunteers to help us with our programs and hopefully allow us to have staff for regular Nature Center hours.

And on Monday April 25th we had a very successful open house and fundraiser!  A professional actress, Michele LaRue, was touring this part of Texas and she read for us The Apple Tree, a Mary E. Wilkins Freeman story from the early 1900s. The Eaton family came to Sonora at the turn of the 20th century, the Eaton House was build then, and the event took on the flavor of the turn of the century and apples.

We were able to introduce our new Board of Directors, seven dedicated individuals who bring with them teaching, nature, business, organizational and art skills. We have our Annual Photography Contest coming up (accepting entries until this Monday the 20th of June) and we will have a float in the Sutton County Days parade Saturday morning June 25th.

And we continue to pray for rain.

Painted bunting in the Nature Center garden