Middle Fork John Day River

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Location

Travel 13 miles north of Long Creek on Hwy 395 to the bridge over the Middle Fork of the John Day River. You can take this road (County Road 20 a.k.a. Middle Fork Rd.) west to Ritter or east along the river for about 60 miles through Galena and back to Hwy 26 via Hwy 7 near Austin.

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Habitat and Birds

The lower end has parched/rocky south facing slopes and the upper end is mixed forest and lush meadows. Veery and Gray Catbird have been found along here, besides the usual warblers, wrens, American Dipper and mountain forest species.

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