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Rankin Bottoms
Photo by Michael Sledjeski

Rankin Bottoms showing the Rankin Wildlife Management Area and private lands (lower) between the French Broad River (left) and the railroad tracks (tree-lined area) looking north.

Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Rankin Bottoms.
Photo by Michael Sledjeski
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a rare find among the 34 species of shorebirds known to have occurred at Rankin.

Great Egret at Rankin Bottoms.
Photo by Michael Sledjeski

Great Egret, one of as many as 275 seen in a single day at Rankin.

 

Prothonotary Warbler in Rankin Bottoms.
Photo by Michael Sledjeski
There were over 40 nesting territories of the Prothonotary Warbler in Rankin during the breeding season in 2005.

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