12 Sep 2014 Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co. highlights: White Ibis - 3 imm. Am. Avocet - 1 Am. Golden-Plover - 1 White-rumped Sandpiper - 6 Baird's Sandpiper - 2 Stilt Sandpiper - 1 Laughing Gull - 6 (on the Dutch Bottoms side) Based on shorebird behavior, a Peregrine or Merlin must have been present sometime today. Rick Knight Johnson City, TN