Twickenham Area
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Location
From Mitchell, take 207 north for 9.2 miles and turn left (NW) on Girds Creek Road. Take this road for 8 miles to the Twickenham Area. If coming from Fossil, take Rowe Creek Rd. just north of Shelton State Wayside and it will take you to Twickenham. The area has farming, meadows and riparian areas along the John Day River.
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
Birds seen in this area include Cinnamon Teal, Ring-necked Pheasant, Great-blue Heron, American Kestrel, Common Poorwill, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Willow Flycatcher, Bewick’s Wren, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow Warbler, Black-headed Grosbeak, and Brown-headed Cowbird. Keep an eye out for Tricolored Blackbirds in this area.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Priest Hole
- Kimberly Area
- Bear Hollow County Park
- Burnt Ranch Campground
- Rowe Creek Reservoir
- Winlock Road
- Kahler Basin Road
- Hoover Creek Road/Hoover Creek Reservoir
- Hancock Field Station
- Clarno BLM Boat Ramp
- Muleshoe Recreation Area
- Robinson Canyon - Pine Creek Conservation Area
- Julia Henderson Pioneer Park
- Rowe Creek Road
- Umatilla National Forest
- Fossil Sewage Ponds - Farm Pond
- Pine Creek Conservation Area
- Service Creek
- Spray (Town)
- Shelton Wayside Park
- Bear Hollow
- Fossil (Town)
- Clarno Road
- Cottonwood Creek Road
- Shady Grove Rest Area
- Butte Creek Road
- Butte Creek Summit
- Fossil Sewage Ponds
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Clarno Unit
- Girds Creek Road
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