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