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