Gonçalo Ferraz
@awildferraz.bsky.social
Biologist and PhD student at CIBIO-InBIO and IREC-CSIC
Do you want to hear about Sandgrouses and other steppe birds?
Do you want to hear about Sandgrouses and other steppe birds?
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My approach to academia.
December 9, 2024 at 6:26 PM
My approach to academia.
Never getting tired of talking about our work with #sandgrouse! This time at #TIBE2025!
October 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Never getting tired of talking about our work with #sandgrouse! This time at #TIBE2025!
Portugal is facing one of the worst years in terms of wildfires. Most of them caused by humans and some by thunderstorms. Everything is chaotic and the government refused to call for international help until it was too late. Instead they gladly announced formula 1 will be back in 2027… shame…
August 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Portugal is facing one of the worst years in terms of wildfires. Most of them caused by humans and some by thunderstorms. Everything is chaotic and the government refused to call for international help until it was too late. Instead they gladly announced formula 1 will be back in 2027… shame…
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Our research on little bustards in Kyrgyzstan just made national news! 📰 Discover how studying the thriving Central Asian populations can inform efforts to save this declining species in the Iberian Peninsula, where numbers have dropped alarmingly in recent decades.
www.publico.pt/2025/07/29/a...
www.publico.pt/2025/07/29/a...
O sisão do Quirguistão pode ajudar os nossos? Espera-se que sim
A Península Ibérica já foi o local com as maiores populações de sisão, mas agora estas estão concentradas sobretudo na Ásia Central. Dois investigadores portugueses foram ao Quirguistão dar uma ajuda.
www.publico.pt
July 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Our research on little bustards in Kyrgyzstan just made national news! 📰 Discover how studying the thriving Central Asian populations can inform efforts to save this declining species in the Iberian Peninsula, where numbers have dropped alarmingly in recent decades.
www.publico.pt/2025/07/29/a...
www.publico.pt/2025/07/29/a...
Another year with massive wildfires in Portugal. It’s getting harder to understand the constant lack of support from the government for fire prevention, especially in terms of habitat management. Yesterday was the day we should praise conservation and Portugal only national park is burning down…
July 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Another year with massive wildfires in Portugal. It’s getting harder to understand the constant lack of support from the government for fire prevention, especially in terms of habitat management. Yesterday was the day we should praise conservation and Portugal only national park is burning down…
Another year capturing and ringing purple herons on the nests. By doing so, we not only aim to understand their movements but also how the breeding population in northern Portugal is doing.
June 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Another year capturing and ringing purple herons on the nests. By doing so, we not only aim to understand their movements but also how the breeding population in northern Portugal is doing.
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Hi @giaeavesteparias.bsky.social ! Here is a thesis by a group member to make publicity about. Freshly defender this week at @uam.es !
May 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Hi @giaeavesteparias.bsky.social ! Here is a thesis by a group member to make publicity about. Freshly defender this week at @uam.es !
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🌾 The International Conference on Palearctic Steppe Birds 2025 has come to an end after four days of intense learning, collaboration, and inspiration. See you all next time to put together our latest research advances for the next edition of the ICPSB that will be held in.... MONGOLIA in 2027! 🎉✨
April 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🌾 The International Conference on Palearctic Steppe Birds 2025 has come to an end after four days of intense learning, collaboration, and inspiration. See you all next time to put together our latest research advances for the next edition of the ICPSB that will be held in.... MONGOLIA in 2027! 🎉✨
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Predation by free-roaming domestic cats on migratory and resident birds during spring passage in a southern Tunisian oasis | link.springer.com/ar... | European Journal of Wildlife Research | #ornithology #ukbirds 🪶
November 29, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Predation by free-roaming domestic cats on migratory and resident birds during spring passage in a southern Tunisian oasis | link.springer.com/ar... | European Journal of Wildlife Research | #ornithology #ukbirds 🪶
Last year of PhD be like….
This cartoon nicely illustrates the concept of stresslaxing: “Being so stressed that relaxing makes you more stressed because you’re not working on what’s making you stressed.”
Last year, I wrote a blog post on how to avoid stresslaxing.
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2023/12/21/h...
Last year, I wrote a blog post on how to avoid stresslaxing.
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2023/12/21/h...
November 27, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Last year of PhD be like….
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More evidence that #fireworks disturb #wildlife:
Fireworks disturbance across bird communities
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Bart Hoekstra et al in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Ecological Society of America) #OpenAccess
#BanFireworks #birds @sarahowen.org.uk
Fireworks disturbance across bird communities
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Bart Hoekstra et al in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Ecological Society of America) #OpenAccess
#BanFireworks #birds @sarahowen.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 6:21 PM
More evidence that #fireworks disturb #wildlife:
Fireworks disturbance across bird communities
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Bart Hoekstra et al in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Ecological Society of America) #OpenAccess
#BanFireworks #birds @sarahowen.org.uk
Fireworks disturbance across bird communities
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Bart Hoekstra et al in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Ecological Society of America) #OpenAccess
#BanFireworks #birds @sarahowen.org.uk
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Interested in #Sandgrouse, #Bustards or Sociable Lapwings?
Join us for the international conference on Palearctic steppe birds in Spain! Abstract submission closes on 1st November. We will also deliver a keynote on post-Soviet land-use change and steppe birds in Kazakhstan.
Join us for the international conference on Palearctic steppe birds in Spain! Abstract submission closes on 1st November. We will also deliver a keynote on post-Soviet land-use change and steppe birds in Kazakhstan.
October 2, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Interested in #Sandgrouse, #Bustards or Sociable Lapwings?
Join us for the international conference on Palearctic steppe birds in Spain! Abstract submission closes on 1st November. We will also deliver a keynote on post-Soviet land-use change and steppe birds in Kazakhstan.
Join us for the international conference on Palearctic steppe birds in Spain! Abstract submission closes on 1st November. We will also deliver a keynote on post-Soviet land-use change and steppe birds in Kazakhstan.
By relying on different types of data and accounting for device specific GPS errors we were able to detect nests after only 2 days of incubation! A landmark in my PhD and a huge step to better understand the reproductive ecology of the Pteroclidae!
Using GPS and accelerometer data to remotely detect breeding events in two elusive ground-nesting steppe birds | animalbiotelemetry.b... | Animal Biotelemetry | #ornithology 🪶
November 23, 2024 at 1:08 AM
By relying on different types of data and accounting for device specific GPS errors we were able to detect nests after only 2 days of incubation! A landmark in my PhD and a huge step to better understand the reproductive ecology of the Pteroclidae!