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