Hi everyone,
I birded around Vancouver Lake this morning (both the Shillapoo
wildlife area accessed by Fruit Valley Blvd. and LaFramboise St., and
the road to the park itself--just follow 4th Plain), and found a
Northern Shrike hunting from the bushes along the side of the road.
He was located about halfway between the park entrance and the end of
the road. Very beautiful little bird, and a lifer for me as well!
There are hundreds of ducks out there right now.

Benjamin Berkompas,
Yacolt WA

Other birds seen:

Double-crested Cormorant
Mallard
Ringneck (hundreds)
Am. Wigeon
N. Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Lesser Scaup
Pintail
Wood Duck
Canada Goose
Am. Coot
Sandhill Crane
Great Blue Heron
BALD EAGLE
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel
Western Scrub Jay
Am. Robin
Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Am. Crow
Tree Swallow
Loon (seen out on the lake with binoculars, so I couldn't really
identify what kind)
Pie-billed Grebe
Western or Clarke's Grebe
N. Flicker
N. Shrike