My husband and I just spent a week in the Lake Chelan area. We stopped
in Robinson Canyon on the way over and returned to Seattle via Route 2.
Over the week, we made five morning trips to Echo Ridge (a winter
cross-country skiing area above the lake and the apparent Nuthatch
Nursery for the mid Columbia), one to Antilon Lake (an area that
experienced a burn in the not too distant past), and two days at
Stehekin at the north end of the lake. We made one afternoon trip
northeast of Chelan that included Alta Lake State Park (above the
confluence of the Methow and Columbia), the Ft. Okanagan Historical
Marker overlooking the Columbia River (west of Pateros), and a brief
stop at the Casimer Bar Wildlife Area. The wooded areas are largely
Ponderosa Pine.

(We had a very satisfying dinner at Las Camperos restaurant, if you
ever find yourself hungry in the Brewster area.)

The most exciting birds for us were three Canyon Wrens we found in a
rocky area at Alta Lake State Park, a Barn Owl that flew out of a tree
above Dry Lake (Manson) 10 feet from us and perched visibly in an
orchard across the lake for five minutes or so, a Warbling Vireo,
Catbird and pair of Eastern Kingbirds, also at Dry Lake; several
tail-dipping Gray Flycatchers at Echo Ridge, a pair of Red Crossbills
and a Townsend's Solitaire, between the Gulch and Echo Ridge, and a
Say's Phoebe at Sleeping Lady.

The highlights at each of these locations follow:

Robinson Canyon:
Lewis' Woodpeckers (a juvenile and 2 adults)
Sage Thrashers (3)
Vesper Sparrows (a small flock taking turns bathing in a small puddle
by the roadside)
Violet-green Swallows
Magpies (8 crossing the road)
Spotted Towhee (juvenile, gray-headed, still downy near the tail,
calling enthusiastically)

Wapato Point, Manson
White-throated Swifts
CA Quail -- chicks ranged in age from a few hours old to almost adult
Brewers Blackbirds -- abundant near the lake shore
American Goldfinch - here, there and everywhere

Wapato Lake
Violet-green Swallows, on wires at an intersection by the lake -- 40 or
more -- that would fly up as every vehicle passed

Antilon Lake and beyond
Osprey
Belted Kingfisher
Western wood Pewee
Stellers Jays (traveling in pairs everywhere we found them.)
Great blue Heron
Lewis Woodpeckers (2)
Vesper Sparrows
Pygmy Nuthatches
Chipping Sparrows (adults and juvs)
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Cassins Finches

Echo Ridge
A mixed flock of Townsend, Yellow-rumped and Nashville warblers
Mountain Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Pygmy Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatches
Cassin's Finches
Chipping Sparrows
Olive-Sided Flycatchers
Western wood Pewees
Gray Flycatchers

Stehekin area , including hikes up Agnes Gorge and to Coon Lake
Dipper on the Stehekin, at High Bridge
Bats -- who took over bug duty after the Violet-green Swallows retired
for the night
White-throated Swifts
Pine Siskins
Hairy Woodpecker
American Kestrel

Alta Lake State Park
Canyon Wrens (contact me if you want specific directions)
Killdeer
Pied-billed Grebe
Brewers Blackbirds
Nashville Warblers
Cedar Waxwings
Clark's Nutcracker

Casimer Bar Wetland
Yellow-headed Blackbirds (300+)
Turkey Vultures (2 roosting in a tree)
Sharp-shinned hawk, adult
White Pelicans
Vesper Sparrows
Marsh Wrens
American Goldfinches

Dry Lake
Barn owl
Warbling Vireo
Purple Finches
Ring-billed gulls
Catbird
Marsh wrens

Lake Chelan
Red-necked Grebe

Leavenworth - Sleeping Lady
Pygmy and Red-breasted Nuthatches - incredibly tame, landed in trees 8
feet from us
Say's Phoebe - perched on the radio station antennae

Vicki King
Seattle WA
vicki at kingdesign.net