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
- Burnt Ranch Campground
- Cottonwood Creek Road
- Service Creek
- Rowe Creek Road
- Rowe Creek Reservoir
- Bear Hollow
- Hancock Field Station
- Clarno BLM Boat Ramp
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Clarno Unit
- Girds Creek Road
- Winlock Road
- Spray (Town)
- Fossil (Town)
- Kimberly Area
- Robinson Canyon - Pine Creek Conservation Area
- Butte Creek Summit
- Kahler Basin Road
- Hoover Creek Road/Hoover Creek Reservoir
- Bear Hollow County Park
- Muleshoe Recreation Area
- Butte Creek Road
- Shelton Wayside Park
- Clarno Road
- Umatilla National Forest
- Priest Hole
- Fossil Sewage Ponds - Farm Pond
- Fossil Sewage Ponds
- Pine Creek Conservation Area
- Julia Henderson Pioneer Park
- Shady Grove Rest Area
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