[TN-Bird] Rankin ring-necked ducks

We got to see our first Ring-necked Ducks this evening at Rankin Bottoms in 
Cocke County.  The happy couple were diving in the Gate Pond at the end of the 
Old RR Bed Road, and were joined by about 20 mallards.  Wood Ducks, spring 
peepers, pickerel and chorus frogs were sounding off in the background.         
                                      Earlier, at the Trestle Pond at the end 
of the Coal Chute Road, we watched 2 Dunlins and 7 peeps.  45 Double-crested 
Cormorants flew over in two well-organized V-formations. James Brooks and 
Theresa then joined us and J. deduced that the peeps were Semi-palmated 
Sandpipers.     

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