Anhingas or water turkeys are common in the deeper canals and impoundments as well. The canals along the north and northeast sides of Pool 1 are a good place to look for them. They can also often be seen sitting on the pilings in Spring Garden Lake, visible from the dike around Pool 1. When in the water, they swim completely submerged or with only their head out of the water, and can be relatively inconspicuous. Some Woodruff anhingas can be quite friendly, as MaryBee Kaufman found out.
Cormorants are common on the larger pools and on Spring Garden Lake from fall-spring.
They are also frequently seen sitting on pilings in Spring Garden Lake. Like anhingas, these diving birds are fish eaters, and can frequently be seen foraging in the large pool you see as you first leave the parking lot, especially on the north side near the culvert.