August 31, 2012 Cocke County: Rankin Bottoms (RB) and vicinity Hamblen County: mouth of Nolichucky River Observers: Don Miller and Michael Sledjeski, in motorized canoe Highlights from this afternoon and evening (at RB unless otherwise noted)-- Little Blue Heron (2 immatures--1, plus 1 at Rankin Bridge) Osprey Semipalmated Plover (6) Spotted Sandpiper (2, plus 2 in Hamblen) Lesser Yellowlegs (7) Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper (29) Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper (35) White-rumped Sandpiper (3) Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper (36) Stilt Sandpiper (3) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (3) Forster's Tern Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN