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