Here are some considerations if you will be joining a field course at DGFC in the future:

Field Course Ettiqutte – A guide to synergy in DGFC

• Always clean up after yourself
• Leave your boots/sandals on the bottom steps of the main facility when coming inside, as it helps keep the rest of the steps clean for bare feet and socks
• Always clean off the knife when you are done making toast; that’s what the tissues are for
• Please don’t queue up early for meals. Allow me to explain: Liningup for meals prior to lunch/dinner being called puts undue pressure on our cooking staff who work extremely hard, and it is rude to our workers who are here all of the time. There is always plenty of food, even if you are at the end of the line, as when the line is halfway through, the cooks restock it (as I said before, our staff is amazing)

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I saw the tarsier, Kipas today! It is very rare to see her, as she is very small (her body is only about 6″ long), and she was 10′ up in a tree.

Prior to that, while tracking, Katey took Charlie and I to the little oxbow lake off of the Kinabatangan, where we saw some possible binturong tracks–it would be amazing to see one of those (and a pangolin too).

Once we returned, we finally got the intenet working! For about five minutes. A short-lived celebration, but a glimmer of hope for contacting home and posting to this blog. Going to the jetty in an attempt to send an email home.

Went out again to the loris sites with Katey, Abbie, and Doyo. Doyo located Dahi, one of the female loris, who we think has a baby. We saw Dahi, but no baby. Two species of nocturnal primates in one day–not bad! On our way back, we were all startled by a relatively large snake. She was about 2 meters long and perhaps an inch and a half in diameter, and grey/brown with some bluish hues.