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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
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Building a nest
10 ix 2019, Sede Boqer, Israel
Oct 6, 20211 min read
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Jumping into the blue
Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Southern Israel, 8 viii 2019
Sep 22, 20211 min read
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The stink eye
Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps), 1 ix 2019, Sede Boqer, Israel
Sep 22, 20211 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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 5, 20211 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 12, 20204 min read
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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
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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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