You will see many tracks of animals, especially after a rain when the trail is still muddy. Ducks and geese can be heard and observed as one approaches the small lakes at the half-way point of the Prairie View Trail loop or the floating bridge on Marsh Trail as well as on the Duck Blind Trail. . The geese are very loud and can be seen on the lakes or pecking at grass shouts along the paths. Dotting the park are Hawthorn trees springing up between the grasses. On warm afternoons, you can see small snakes and hares sunning themselves near the edge of the path. .
Wildflowers abound in the spring and some, like the dasies cover whole fields.
If you are into photography, bring a macro lense and enjoy the small creatures and many types of flowers. Bring the big lense and capture the many varity of birds that call the park home for a piece of the year. . Depending on the time of year, the grasses and reeds can be quit formitable. They are often taller then the people walking on the paths between them. Their colors change as the rainy spring turns into the dry fall.