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