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