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