It's been about a month and half now as I write this  that Ozzie has been released and still no sighting of Ozzie anywhere. For me this is getting harder and harder for me to understand why he has not come to the nest or the area that we have seen. There are a few people out looking for him and not one sighting. The longer this goes on, the more  puzzled I am by this. It doesn't go along with everything we have been told or read about "they are a well bonded pair"and that Eagles mate for life  and Ozzie will be back.As far as Harriet is concerned, Ozzie is not around and PB is. That's her life right now and working on the nest. Harriet has moved forward in her "relationship" with PB. I have been so thankful everyday I see Harriet at the nest and what nestorations she and PB do. To me that means this is Her home and she plans on staying. I worried so much at the beginning whether she was going to stay or not. Here's another thought.... "If" and I do mean "if" she has seen Ozzie at any point in time why isn't she with him instead of PB? Why would she go see Ozzie then come back to PB? Wouldn't one think that she would stay with Ozzie? Sure at first I thought maybe she did see him but now I think back on it ... it was just wishful thinking on my part. A fairytale thought. Not reality . Harriet calls to PB like she did Ozzie. They talk to each other like Harriet and Ozzie did. Harriet tracks PB and he her, just like Ozzie and Harriet did. They have the disagreements on the placement of sticks just like Ozzie and Harriet did. All apart of them "bonding".. making a relationship.
I might have said this before,  Ozzie and PB might have had their encounter already and PB is the "winner"?  What if Ozzie decided to be on his own from now on and left their territory and is just being nomadic traveling here and there? What if Harriet and PB do the "practice " mating.... you know where the tails don't touch and a sperm "package"isn't transferred to Harriet because it's not her fertile time yet which isn't until November I believe they figured out last season. You say it isn't time for that..... well yes it is. Ozzie and Harriet were doing that towards the end of this month and definitely in the month of  September last year. Those two had no shame ....LOL
These are the things I think about when watching Harriet and PB right now. We are getting closer to nesting season and the longer Ozzie is gone the more likelyhood of him coming back seems to me it will not happen. Have I counted Ozzie out? My heart says no but what I see  my head says yes. There's always that miracle, fairytale happy ending that could happen and I so hope it does. See there's that human emotion coming out.  
I am not a researcher, biologist or anything like that . I'm just someone who wants to know more about our pair.  Have I worked around raptors or a rehab.. no. Have I watched a lot of Eagle cams no but working on it..lol Ozzie and Harriet take all of my time and attention. Am I an expert ..no. We are all learning or I would hope most are learning from all of this. I try to educate , inform people to the best of my  limited knowledge and understanding of theses Eagles. The best thing I have done for myself , is to be the nest everyday so I can watch Ozzie and Harriet.... now PB and Harriet. Do I understand all that they are doing or why they are  behaving the way they are ? NO !   I just keep watching and reading anything I can find.
So when I tell you I am a bit worried/puzzled by Ozzie not being home , it's from watching Ozzie and Harriet last summer and still not understanding all about their behavior. They are wild Birds, not pets. Their habits change . What was yesterday may not be today..........

As I set up this morning around 5:35 am , I find Harriet in the nest tree by herself. She is quiet this morning. I do not see PB/FV in any of the others tree's close by. He could be in the front pines or the west pasture treeline. An hour later PB/FV flies in from the west treeline and lands on the outer right branch from Harriet. No again I see I have to explain , my view is from the church side not the driveway side, so the naming of their positions maybe be a bit different than another report. Trust me they are in the same spots just different angles.Ok with that said, There is some talking between the two of them. Pb then drops down to the attic branch. Harriet drops down into the nest and PB follows her. They are aerating the nest. PB flies to the porch branch and Harriet back by the spike branch. PB/FV does some preening while Harriet sits looking around. Harriet then goes to the veranda then up to the attic branch. PB watches her. A few mins later Harriet leaves the attic heads to the front pine and gets her a small branch with some pine on it and back to the nest with it. PB watches her fly in the hops into the nest from the porch branch and helps Harriet. LOL Some beaking going on as usual. PB steps up on the veranda and Harriet once again is by the spike branch. PB goes up to the attic branch. Harriet leaves again and gets another small branch with pine on it.
PB flies from the attic branch and heads over to the snag tree where the vine is. Again he is trying to get some of it off the tree gets a very small part of it flies around the old cam 2 tree and drops the bit he had keeps flying back to the snag tree again for another try which was unsuccessfully then flies back to the nest tree. Poor guy , he tries. PB regroups himself and flies from the nest tree over to the old cam 2 tree grabs some vine from there as he is flying away he looks down at his talons to see what he got if anything. LOL not much there so he flies to the west pasture treeline and comes back with a nice stick. At time's, Harriet is vocalizing her encouragement. Harriet drops down into the nest from the attic branch and helps PB with his stick. Harriet then goes back up to the attic branch and PB heads off to the west pasture again. I thought he got some thing but then in a few mins he leaves the nest area heading SSW . Harriet watches him leave. 5 mins later Harriet leaves heading SSW over Publix then turns to the SE direction and out of sight.        

Harriet leaving