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