Birders:( Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets & Double Crested Coromorants at Rankin & Dutch Bottoms ) This morning Shane Adams on Sept. 21, 2005 went birdwatching at Rankin & Dutch Bottoms in Cocke County today here are lists of Waders, Waterfowl, and Shorebirds I saw they are : Wading Birds ( 12 + Great Blue Herons, 30+ Great Egrets at Rankin and Dutch Bottoms and both sides of the Bridge coming in from White Pine and going into Cocke County ) Waterfowl : 20 + Double Crested Coromrants on the mudflats in Dutch Bottoms including the Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets 2 Double Crested Comorants at Rankin behind the Coal Tipple, Wood Duck Drake in front of the coal tipple ( a quick note the access road is completely uncovered and water is almost back into the French Broad River, another Wading Birds: Green Heron at Rankin & Dutch Bottoms on the mudflats in the middle of the Douglas Lake more Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets on the left side of the railroad tracks on Jefferson City side, ShoreBirds: Plovers, 12+Killdeer at Rankin including at Dutch Bottoms on mudflats and gravel road on the banks in front of Douglas Lake in Cocke County. Shane Adams East of Hamblen County Morristown, TN. 37813