Mike McCloy birded in heavy rain at daylight this morning, Saturday 19 July 2014, at Rankin Bottoms on Douglas Lake, Cocke Co., TN Great Egret 12 Green Heron 6 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Osprey 2 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Tree Swallow 170 "Large (close to 250) mixed swallow flock (~90% TRES) flying low over lake in heavy rain. Close views at many. Many birds further out were unable to be ID'ed to species, so this is likely a severely conservative estimate"