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