Birders: ( Birdwatching at Rankin & Dutch Bottoms ) This morning on Sept. 7, 2005 Shane and Dennis Adams went birdwatching at Rankin & Dutch Bottoms here are the good birds we saw today they are first at Rankin: Spotted Sandpiper above the coal tipple, Large Flocks of Eastern Kingbirds, Small Flocks of Wild Turkeys ( hens ) on both sides of the road before entering Rankin, Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Green Herons, Osprey, Large Flocks of Black & Turkey Vultures, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Double Crested Cormorants Second at Dutch Bottoms 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers on the banks eating across from the church on 25E in Cocke County, Double Crested Cormorants flying Great Blue Herons also at the Cocke County TWRA Public Boat Dock Area including Osprey and some Great Egrets on an island on right side of the bridge in White Pine coming from Cocke County. Shane Adams East of Hamblen County Morristown, TN. 37813