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