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