Waterman Road
Painted Cove Trail - Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
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Travel 8.4 miles east of Mitchell to Waterman Road for the stretch between Hwy 26 and “downtown” Waterman which is just an old hay shed that the years and weather have not been kind to. The road becomes Parish Creek Road after that.
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
The road is amazing for the numbers of Mountain Bluebirds and Yellow-rumped Warblers moving through the sagebrush during fall migration, in mid-September. This is also a reliable area for Vesper and Brewers Sparrows, as well as other sparrows. Listen for Wilson’s Snipe in the riparian area near Highway 26. Look for Sage Thrasher, Townsend’s Solitaire and Loggerhead Shrike. A Scrub Jay once appeared in the patch of junipers before Fopiano Reservoir.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Bridge Creek Road
- Dollarhide Pond
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Painted Hills Unit
- Painted Cove (No public access)
- Mitchell (Town)
- Gable Creek Road
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Painted Hills Picnic Area
- OSU Geology Field Station
- Fopiano Reservoir
- Painted Cove Trail - Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
- Parish Creek Road
- Waterman Road
- Richmond Sixshooter Road
- Meyers Canyon
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