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