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