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