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