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