Male and female are present. Male is persistent with calling, though there do not appear to be any rivals nearby. Female appears to be picking at food, and feeding a chick. Calls from nearby nest seem to upset the perched male overtime, making him agitated.
One large chick is present and very wary in the nest. Male and female parents are not evident in or around the area at first. male flies in with very large catch, and chick calls frantically. Male does not bring the catch to the nest, and eats on the perch pole briefly before bringing his catch to the chick.
Female is seen flying in with catch upon approach. She lands on the nearby perch pole but does not eat, because the male, who was in the nest, has spotted the observer and begins to defensively call and soar above the observer's head. No chicks are observed.
Male was perched above the bird blind and flies off upon approach. There is a female in the nest with one visible chick. Male chases a sea gull that flies near the nest for less than one minute. He circles back and lands in a tree out of sight. There is an unidentified individual perched in a nearby tree. After the sea gull excitement female turns her attention to the observer and flies out of the nest and circles overhead, making high pitched defensive calls.
Female's repeated calls can be heard upon approach. Takes off and soars above bird blind, calling during the duration of her flight. She seems to be disturbed by observer's presence. Highly defensive behavior leads the observer to suspect there are newly hatched chicks in the nest. No male is spotted in the area
Male perches on V perch. Female flies off upon arrival. Male seems to call after her and she returns after a short time. Female soars and stoops past the nest more than 10 passes and lands on feeding perch. Female perches for less than a minute and flies off again and does not return. Male remains in the nest for some time and flies out in the same direction of the female.
Male flies off suddenly; it is possible that he noticed the observer as an approach was made. Female calls after him for about a minute with no response. She makes a five note call in relatively frequent succession. Male returns to the area a few minutes later and calls to the female who seems to return the vocalization in the same pattern. There are two un-nested individuals that are seen in the area that the male is perched near.
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