Beyond water and plants there should be other life forms at a lake, right? Some appear to be alien:
Some are household pets who have escaped or been dumped into a pond.
This longhorn cow is one of the largest animals we've seen.
Birds are the most common animal life; surprisingly, I've seen only four fish (in the water or caught by a fisherman). Here's one of them:
Here comes a black swan, which my wife says is quite rare.
More birds, having lunch of seeds left by a bird-feeding power walker.
IF you look closely.