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Out for dinner, I know a place
Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea)♂, 22 iv 2019, Sede Boqer, Israel Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea)♀, 22 iv 2019, Sede Boqer, Israel
Oct 13, 20211 min read


Building a nest
10 ix 2019, Sede Boqer, Israel
Oct 6, 20211 min read


Jumping into the blue
Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Southern Israel, 8 viii 2019
Sep 22, 20211 min read


The stink eye
Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps), 1 ix 2019, Sede Boqer, Israel
Sep 22, 20211 min read


Evrona Nature Reserve, online conference.
On September 9, I presented 4 published articles based on the work done in the Evrona Nature Reserve during my postdoc stay in Israel...
Sep 15, 20211 min read


Cover page!
Another article from the Israeli postdoc has been published and the photo of an artificial caterpillar on the branch of a Vachellia tree...
Sep 10, 20211 min read


Writing and Publishing Scientific Papers: A Primer for the Non-English Speaker
It is published, finally! This book is based on the scientific writing and communication courses that Prof. G. Lövei held in many...
Jun 1, 20211 min read


Talking with the authors!
The presentation of the anthology where my story was published is online! It was an interesting new experience for me. For once, I was...
May 4, 20211 min read


Miraggi
I write stories and poetry whenever I can. Occasionally, I also participate to writing contests and pester several editors in a perfect...
Apr 4, 20211 min read


Measuring ecosystem functions using the sentinel approach
On March 4th, I was invited to give a presentation by the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c, Portugal). A...
Mar 7, 20211 min read


Not all that bad (2020)
This a short summary of the work achievements of 2020! During the last year, I have co-authored 15 papers, got a citation award, and...
Dec 31, 20203 min read


Dynamic photography: Part III
When you are invited to a boat trip...you go! Delphinus delphis. Nikon D7200, 70mm, f/6.3, shutter 1/8,000. Nikon D7200, 220mm, f/8,...
Aug 30, 20201 min read


Dynamic photography: Part II
Some more examples of dynamic photography after another day of whale-watching! I hope you will enjoy them. Delphinus delphis. Nikon...
Aug 25, 20201 min read


Resident Birds of Terceira Island: Seabirds
Family Procellariidae Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881) Puffinus baroli (Bonaparte, 1857) (missing...) Puffinus gravis* (O'Reilly, 1818)...
Jul 14, 20201 min read


Why do you want a chicken in your garden (but you probably don't know it yet)
Perhaps I should have titled this post "why do you want three chicken in your garden", as in January 2020, I bought 2 egg-laying hens (10...
Apr 24, 20203 min read


Climate change: Paprika lentil soup
It's time for another easy and delicious vegetarian recipe to contrast climate change. For this you need (4 portions): - 250 gr dry...
Apr 23, 20201 min read


Dynamic photography: Part I
In the last post on photography, I shared a few simple tips to take good close-up shots. In that post, I mentioned that the shutter speed...
Mar 15, 20202 min read


Macro photography: Simple tips
Our body size is undoubtedly one of the factors influencing our perception of the surrounding environment. When the microscope was...
Mar 11, 20204 min read


Resident Birds of Terceira Island: Miscellaneous
I guess that seabirds and waders will go into two massive separate posts. Here I am going to show few photos (sigh) of the remaining...
Mar 7, 20201 min read


Resident Birds of Terceira Island: Passeriformes
A big thank goes to Nora Haack, a visiting PhD student from Leipzig who has my same passion about birds and with whom I went birdwatching...
Mar 7, 20201 min read
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