Ron Efrat
@moveandconserve.bsky.social
Conservation*Movement Ecology.
Postdoc, Max Planck Inst. of Animal Behavior.
Soaring, running, swimming, if it moves and can carry a GPS tag, I'm in.
Postdoc, Max Planck Inst. of Animal Behavior.
Soaring, running, swimming, if it moves and can carry a GPS tag, I'm in.
Still there on Sep 30th (reported on FB)
October 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Still there on Sep 30th (reported on FB)
Is it really? Do you really think that double blind is meant for the student who's first author? I think that it is usually more about the last author or the group.
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Is it really? Do you really think that double blind is meant for the student who's first author? I think that it is usually more about the last author or the group.
I think that it depends on the types of corrections - is it potentially wrong or misleading? I say raise these issues until the editor makes their decision.
But if it is "this could have been better", than in my opinion that might be beyond the referee's job, especially in the second round.
But if it is "this could have been better", than in my opinion that might be beyond the referee's job, especially in the second round.
September 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I think that it depends on the types of corrections - is it potentially wrong or misleading? I say raise these issues until the editor makes their decision.
But if it is "this could have been better", than in my opinion that might be beyond the referee's job, especially in the second round.
But if it is "this could have been better", than in my opinion that might be beyond the referee's job, especially in the second round.
Officially yes, but working with animals as study species, it is almost impossible to really hide who the involved study groups are. I know who is working on species X in area Y, so what you mentioned will only mean that I do not know who exactly the authors from these groups are.
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Officially yes, but working with animals as study species, it is almost impossible to really hide who the involved study groups are. I know who is working on species X in area Y, so what you mentioned will only mean that I do not know who exactly the authors from these groups are.
After many many nights of field work, Yohay Wasserlauf led the GPS tagging of a few birds, discovering that at least some are resident.
How long were they there without us knowing? What else is under our noses without us knowing?
🧪🌎🪶🐾 #ornithology #conservation
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How long were they there without us knowing? What else is under our noses without us knowing?
🧪🌎🪶🐾 #ornithology #conservation
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Egyptian Nightjars are residents in the Dead Sea region, showing a high year-round roost fidelity - Journal of Ornithology
We investigated the spatial behavior of a recently discovered breeding population of Egyptian Nightjars (Caprimulgus aegyptius) near the Dead Sea. While there is a prevalent migratory tendency in othe...
link.springer.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
After many many nights of field work, Yohay Wasserlauf led the GPS tagging of a few birds, discovering that at least some are resident.
How long were they there without us knowing? What else is under our noses without us knowing?
🧪🌎🪶🐾 #ornithology #conservation
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How long were they there without us knowing? What else is under our noses without us knowing?
🧪🌎🪶🐾 #ornithology #conservation
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
These amazing birds breed and roost in what can only be described as Martian Habitat. They find shade under trees that were washed centuries ago when the Dead Sea reached further north.
Feeding seems to mainly occur in nearby agriculture fields
Feeding seems to mainly occur in nearby agriculture fields
September 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
These amazing birds breed and roost in what can only be described as Martian Habitat. They find shade under trees that were washed centuries ago when the Dead Sea reached further north.
Feeding seems to mainly occur in nearby agriculture fields
Feeding seems to mainly occur in nearby agriculture fields
In 2014, a car hit a strange bird in the northern Dead Sea area. The driver found a dead Egyptian #Nightjar, and saw another one flying away. First observation for that area.
Multiple efforts started - surveys, ringing, tagging - and a breeding population was discovered!
Multiple efforts started - surveys, ringing, tagging - and a breeding population was discovered!
September 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In 2014, a car hit a strange bird in the northern Dead Sea area. The driver found a dead Egyptian #Nightjar, and saw another one flying away. First observation for that area.
Multiple efforts started - surveys, ringing, tagging - and a breeding population was discovered!
Multiple efforts started - surveys, ringing, tagging - and a breeding population was discovered!
Hi @askaboutanimals.bsky.social can you please add me? I am a zoologist studying mainly migratory birds but recently adding sedentary mammals so shifting from Ornithologist to Zoologist :) Here is my google scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?us...
scholar.google.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Hi @askaboutanimals.bsky.social can you please add me? I am a zoologist studying mainly migratory birds but recently adding sedentary mammals so shifting from Ornithologist to Zoologist :) Here is my google scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?us...
Since you asked, I'll take the opportunity :) We got this published officially today. I am pretty proud of it and I think it is a nice paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Age-dependent response to anthropogenic habitat during migration of an endangered raptor
Efrat et al. use complementary data sources and statistical methods to show how experience,
weather, and landscape affect endangered eagles’ migratory behavior. Most prominently,
they present an exper...
www.cell.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Since you asked, I'll take the opportunity :) We got this published officially today. I am pretty proud of it and I think it is a nice paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...
I think I might print this and put it on my office door (the part about the khachapuri, of course 😋)
September 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I think I might print this and put it on my office door (the part about the khachapuri, of course 😋)
So we wrote back
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Science is an ongoing conversation between people. It happens in conferences, in the field, in every day life, and sometimes even over the pages of a scientific journal.
I love it.
@yaelbird.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology 🧪🐾🌎
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Science is an ongoing conversation between people. It happens in conferences, in the field, in every day life, and sometimes even over the pages of a scientific journal.
I love it.
@yaelbird.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology 🧪🐾🌎
Complementary use of Eulerian and Lagrangian data can improve conservation output: A response to (Hoekstra et al., 2025)
www.sciencedirect.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
So we wrote back
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Science is an ongoing conversation between people. It happens in conferences, in the field, in every day life, and sometimes even over the pages of a scientific journal.
I love it.
@yaelbird.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology 🧪🐾🌎
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Science is an ongoing conversation between people. It happens in conferences, in the field, in every day life, and sometimes even over the pages of a scientific journal.
I love it.
@yaelbird.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology 🧪🐾🌎
So they wrote a comment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
They raised some good points, improving our initial work, and allowing us to address a few more aspects of our work
@barthoekstra.bsky.social @tohar-tal.bsky.social @wmgvs.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology 🧪🐾🌎
They raised some good points, improving our initial work, and allowing us to address a few more aspects of our work
@barthoekstra.bsky.social @tohar-tal.bsky.social @wmgvs.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology 🧪🐾🌎
Toward integrating migration counts and GPS tracking for flyway-scale avian population monitoring — A response to
www.sciencedirect.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
So they wrote a comment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
They raised some good points, improving our initial work, and allowing us to address a few more aspects of our work
@barthoekstra.bsky.social @tohar-tal.bsky.social @wmgvs.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology 🧪🐾🌎
They raised some good points, improving our initial work, and allowing us to address a few more aspects of our work
@barthoekstra.bsky.social @tohar-tal.bsky.social @wmgvs.bsky.social
#conservation #ornithology 🧪🐾🌎