On Wed. morning, Mar. 15, 2006, I finally saw a Great Blue Heron at the nesting colony at Hwy. 107 & Onks Lane in Washington Co., TN. (I had begun to believe they had abandoned the site, since the large exposed nests on the snags visible from the highway are almost completely demolished, and I have repeatedly failed to see any herons present in the mornings as I commute to Greene Co.) Shortly after seeing one fly in and land in a live White Pine towards the back of last years colony area, I saw another in my binoculars. Then I glanced up from my binoculars and suddenly saw three dozen Great Blue Herons circling over the woods hidden behind the tallest of last year's nest trees. Apparently, something had just then disturbed them up off their perches and / or nests for a moment, as they shortly settled back down into that area that is just a bit further back from the highway than last year's area. Where they seemed to be concentrated last year was centered around the promi nent snags that are unoccupied now. This year they seem to be concentrated on live White Pines scattered on the wooded hillside, including some of the live pines that they used last year. I may not be able to see and count many of the nests in the live pines, but at least I saw 38 individual adult birds at one time flying into the site. Don Holt Johnson City, TN