Tracy I have never seen them on the nest before, but they spawn every year it seems, they left the area and the BG moved in so who knows. This spring the water is clear36” or so , last spring the bloom started early. Do you have spikerush in your pond?
Yes I do have several clumps of it around the ponds edge and a few clumps of Louisiana Iris. I also have a nice amount of APW but then I have Bushy pondweed and I don't like it, seems to be very aggressive growing in my pond. I think it also has caused my water to clear with visibility running around 4'. I have seen 6 or 7' of clear water this winter and I think the clear water has caused me to lose my TFS. That along with the HSB and LMB feeding on them. I do not see any water ripples across the surface.
Tracy the spikerush grows completely underwater and is widespread and not in clumps . Very fine leafed and invasive in my opinion
