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