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