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