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