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