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