Look for active feeding flocks along the southern portions of the trail (from the Water Garden Circle trail entrance southward). Some typically active areas include the woods behind the Lakeview Amenity Center as well as the drainage "creek" that's directly behind the junction of Lake Meadow Lane and Lake Point Drive. The latter is a popular bathing spot for migrating warblers and other passerines, and the open woods north of this "creek" host feeding flocks in winter. Some backyards adjacent to the trail in this area have bird feeders.

Along the part of the trail that parallels Lake Point Drive, you can easily walk right to the water's edge to look for waders, terns, and Osprey.

Especially when the lake is low, you may be able to view shorebirds (as well as pelicans, waders, and ducks) in the area directly west of the Water Garden Circle cul-de-sac, where there is a makeshift trail that leads out to the beach. Spotting scope and boots recommended.

This trail hosts typical woodland species year-round, including both Carolina and Bewick's Wren. Winter brings Brown Creeper, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglet, Orange-crowned Warbler, and sometimes Red-breasted Nuthatch and Winter Wren. Hairy Woodpecker can be found regularly in fall and winter. Thrashers and sparrows, including Spotted Towhee, enjoy the dense thickets near the Lake Wood Trail cul-de-sac and the understory along the part of the trail that parallels Lake Way Drive.

During migration, warblers, flycatchers, vireos, and orioles join the feeding flocks, while thrushes haunt the woods near the trail entrance on Lake Way Drive. You'll likely hear multiple Painted Buntings and White-eyed Vireos singing on territory during the breeding season.

Birds of prey include Osprey, Red-shouldered Hawk, and Barred Owl year-round; Bald Eagle in fall and winter; and Mississippi Kites in breeding season. In the summer, from the water's edge, you can watch Forster's Terns, Least Terns, and Black Terns diving for fish while egrets and herons stalk the shore.

This trail is located within the Paloma Creek community, though the lakeshore is owned and maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The northernmost portion of the trail is paved, while the rest is mostly gravel with a few concrete sections. There are only mild elevation changes, but the gravel surfacing is occasionally uneven or very pebbly.

The southernmost trail entrance is on Lake Cypress Lane; the northernmost is on Northern Star Court. There are many access points on culs-de-sac for parking. The Lakeview Amenity Center (located on Lake Point Drive) has a small parking lot.

Note that hunting is permitted on USACE land, so in duck season especially, you may hear or see hunters in the area.

The trail is also popular with coyotes and snakes; watch for cottonmouths!

Lewisville Lake, formerly known as Garza-Little Elm Reservoir, is a reservoir in North Texas (USA) on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River in Denton County near Lewisville. Originally engineered in 1927 as Lake Dallas, the reservoir was expanded in the 1940s and 1950s and renamed Lewisville Lake. It was built for flood control purposes and to serve as a water source for Dallas and its suburbs, but residents also use it for recreational purposes.