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