June 13 - Thur So. Oregon 137 The country along here is much drier than back at Portland & Vancouver Island. The grass is yellow, vegetation generally not as dense, the forest still covers everything; trees not so close growing. Seems to be almost typical Sierran Transition: yellow Pine, Incense Cedar, Douglas fir, Black Oak, Madrone, manzanitas, elder, elderberry, & eucythus (blue and white-flowered). This is certainly well east of the humid coast belt proper. Madford (10 a.m.) lies in a broad level valley, devoted to grain and farming. It seems to be low Transition. Here noted: Yellow Warbler, Sinneret, English Sparrow, Green-belt Goldfinch, Western Meadow-lark, & Lazuli Bunting.