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