Pitlka 1947 Oct 7 / mi E Wodderburn, 50 ft + elev, Curry County, Oregon. In a drizzling rain which gradually became heavier in the ensuing 15 minutes or so. I am pitifully equipped for such weather as this, and returned to the shack after 20 minutes or so. Russell and I will go into town late this afternoon and I will have to get a better raincoat, also some boots and rain hat. Rain stopped at 1:45, leaving a h[illegible]ds and scattered fog. The sun broke through occasion- ally. Left on a hunt down through the flood- plain areas along the Rogue River. The area proved not to be good jay habitat because the shrubby vegetation, which looked promising from the road, consisted chiefly of Salix and Alnus not at all dense basally and without any marginal thickets to shelter their inner parts. The latter condition may be due to the fact that sheep and cattle graze in open areas between these thickets. Moreover, the thickets are distributed linearly, as though marking former river shorelines; thus it has been easier for cattle to break through than in the few spots where these thickets are wider. Other than Salix and Alnus, Umbellularia was quite common. These riparian thickets merged with mixed conifers (chiefly Pseudotsuga) and broad-leaved trees (Betulacarpus, Acer macrophyllum, Umbellulariagets.)