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