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