Text and photos by RYAN RICE WATCH LEFT: A bald eagle soars over the Holston River in Hawkins County, Tennessee while taking a break from incubating its eggs. RIGHT: A bald eagle sits on its nest along the Clinch River in Scott County, Virginia with its sleeping chick(s). in East Tennessee Our writer/photographer's boyhood fascination with bald eagles has become a lifetime hobby. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 45