Greetings Tn-Birders, Yesterday, after getting a phone call alerting me to its presence, I found an American Bittern, along County Road 608, in Athens, McMinn County. It was skulking around a small grassy, marshy area, and was very cooperative in letting us get good looks. For pictures, and a much more interesting read than this e-mail, I posted about it in my blog (link below). Ryan Trenkamp Niota, McMinn County http://easttennesseebirding.wordpress.com/ "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." - Thomas Jefferson