LICKER 1973 22 June cont. Aluminum rod which he throws out in a twisting manner. After counting 5 feet, he moves the rod in a straight line (1 end of the rod is marked with an X) so as to count an additional 5 feet. Voles are very abundant as expected for this time of year. Density varied from 40-50/acre on the top of the island to ~140 on the S. beach, 200 on the W. beach, and 250 on N. end and E. side. We saw a herd about 3 miles in the morning especially. Also in flipping out boards & rocks for traps we saw lots of mice & vole nests. We actually caught 5 mice (all adults): 1 jr. ♀ (3 lbs old) w/ white chin spot which Dyke thought red chin for his colony 3 yr. ol ♂♂ (5-7 lbs old) little test. 200 deg. 1 adl. ♂ (2+ mos old); TND also & as with the rest of them are too white to understand. Near the spring on the E. side we found a fully dead Rattus norvegicus (no obvious indication of mortality factor). At Buttercreek said that 6 pairs of Canada Geese nested this year, but no eggs were raised successfully. One brood got eaten by a shark. He also reported that hard spraying of pesticide for grain oats is still continuing. He noticed that the bird feeders were all empty this time. We left the island about 16:05 with Al insisting on having us in. We arrived at the Ford Plant at