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