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