he lake has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it usually supports significant numbers of hooded plovers and sometimes over 1% of the world population of banded stilts. They have had many migrant and native birds. The hooded plover lives there. Between 1997-2006, there were approximately 12-12,000 of the banded stilt. There were approximately 5-68 of the hooded plover from 1995-2005.