1938 June 30 N.F.B. Malheur, 21 mi. SE Prairie City, 5000 ft., Grant Co., Oregon Made fairly early departure down the Broken Top Mt. Road. Stopped at Bend, shopped, had lunch and on to Prairie City via Prineville and over the Ochoco forest area, site of our first camp. The N. side of these Mts are different from the summit and S. sides. Ranch is much more common, the hillsides steeper and more underbrush. The lower slopes are semi arid. John Day Valley is fairly wide with arid upper benches and verdant irrigated bottomlands. Communities seem prosperous, farm houses well cared for, neatly gardened. Lewis Woodpeckers are very common here, also Brewer Blackbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds and Meadow Lark. Saw a number of Killdeer and a few Bobolink. Groundsquirrels are a dark rich golden brown. Went 40 miles by Road into the Malheur Forest to the point listed above. Camp site is 75 yards from the stream at the foot of a dry meadow and among yellow pines and fir. The river carries a good supply of water but is well bridged with logs and splits up into smaller streams rather frequently. Damp meadows lie on either side usually followed by a belt of Jack Pine. Willows are common but never dense. Douglas fir, White fir, Yellow Pine, and Lodge Poles predominate in the forests but Ranch and Spruce are also present. Weather looks bad but we're chanceing sleeping out! Huge thunderheads moving in the distance!