▁over ▁to ▁the ▁lake ' s ▁western ▁bay ▁where ▁emb ank ments ▁prevents ▁it ▁from ▁pour ing ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁lake . ▁ ▁Additionally , ▁re ed ▁b eds ▁were ▁removed ▁and ▁other ▁measures ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁clean ▁the ▁lake . ▁ ▁Veg et ation ▁has ▁been ▁cleared ▁ann ually ▁since . ▁ ▁Flora ▁and ▁fa una ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁locale ▁for ▁birds , ▁the ▁lake ▁was ▁significantly ▁d eter ior ated ▁by ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 7 0 s ▁dr ud ging ▁which ▁caused ▁a ▁col ony ▁of ▁black - head ed ▁g ull ▁to ▁disappear . ▁ ▁Today , ▁the ▁lake ▁has ▁a ▁regular ▁presence ▁of ▁m all ard , ▁E uras ian ▁co ot , ▁great ▁cr ested ▁gre be , ▁common ▁golden ey e ; ▁regular ▁vis its ▁of ▁common ▁g ull , ▁her on , ▁common ▁mer g ans er , ▁o sp rey , ▁mar sh ▁war b ler , ▁great ▁re ed - war b ler , ▁and ▁grass ho pper ▁war b ler ; ▁and ▁some ▁un common ▁guests ▁such ▁as ▁common ▁king fish er ▁and ▁black - th ro ated ▁diver ; ▁the ▁lake ▁itself ▁thus ▁still ▁being ▁of ▁orn ith ological ▁interest , ▁while ▁the ▁for ests ▁surrounding ▁the ▁lake ▁attract s ▁long - ta iled ▁tit ▁and ▁less er ▁sp otted ▁wood pe cker . ▁ ▁Aqu atic ▁plants , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁re ed ▁and ▁club - r ush , ▁includes ▁several ▁species ▁of ▁du ck we ed ▁and ▁ch