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