Rankin Bottoms, Cocke county, Douglas Lake elevation: 987.4 ft., by canoe
It's that time of year when the lake rises into Rankin Bottoms, bringing in
thousands of carp, easy prey for the Bald Eagles gathering there. Most of them
were perched this evening in willows at the south end of the embayment.
Partial list:
Wood Duck - 16
Blue-winged Teal - 55
Redhead - 2
Lesser Scaup - 3
Great Egret - 5
Bald Eagle - 21 (3 adult)
Am. Coot - 4
Spotted Sandpiper - 3
Solitary Sandpiper - 3
Greater Yellowlegs - 6
Leser Yellowlegs - 58
Least Sandpiper - 5
Forster's Tern - 5
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
