Cade 1958 General Account 28 June - cont- for walk locally from 1100 to 1245. Intermittent rain squalls continued all day. at 1400 Brock and I went out to take up the traps on T728 and set them out on T3 and 4. T4 could not be located, so we set out a line of traps parallel to T3 but running along the base of the ridge. The ground cover has a strong component of Carex, as it is in an area where the snow is slow to melt off. Also dwarf willows is common. Otherwise there is a good stand of redge and givers and the area shows heavy winter use by micro- tines - numerous nests and much cuttings lying about. Appears about as heavily later last winter as the area near T8, which I wrote about yesterday. Will examine rests in this area tomorrow. Several shed hairs around which looked like Microtus. The inner core of these nests was made up of "chopped" stems - ie short pieces ca 1 with long rather than whole intact stems and blades as in the nests around Bavois. This may possibly turn out to be a way of distinguishing the winter nests of Lemmus and Microtus. We also set out traps on T1. Returned to camp at 1705.