Chris Ketola

Nature is my passion, watching sports is my hobby and eating sugar is my weakness

[Chris Ketola @ChrisKetola]

We are still accepting applications to join our Fauna Forever team in Uganda early in 2023. Volunteers will get the chance to learn about bird and bat research in one of the most diverse countries in Africa! Check out our project webpage for more details: https://t.co/JE3t4osffi

[Chris Ketola @ChrisKetola]

@gregbradyTO https://t.co/t4MHOtMKnY

Lots of pop-ups, but it works

[Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl]

Protecting bats requires a global conservation approach. 🌍
A healthy planet can support the over 1,460 bat species that inhabit it. And by conserving bats, we ensure they continue to provide the valuable ecosystem services that make Earth home for other wildlife. #EarthDay

[Live Science @LiveScience]

52 million-year-old bat skeleton is the oldest ever found and belongs to a never-before-seen species https://t.co/OkDNd86An7

[Kwarija Innocent @KwarijaInnocent]

Meet one of the small five in uganda
Here comes leopard tortoise

[Kwarija Innocent @KwarijaInnocent]

I like the way how it's Smart
It makes me happy when I meet it in nature
It has a beautiful call that makes me smile sometimes
It's called tambourine dove which is the one of the beautiful doves that we have around

[Ivana Budinski @ivanabudinski]

Rhinolophus eloquens horseshoe #bats are distributed throughout East Africa. Based on literature, it roosts in caves, but we found one colony in an abandoned building in W Uganda
📷 @CmMontauban
@ChrisKetola @faunaforever @BatConIntl @globalsouthbats @IbissBg

[Cecilia Montauban 🦇🐾 @CmMontauban]

Dreams do come true! Yellow-winged bats are even cooler than I ever imagined 💛 #fieldwork #bats

[Chris Ketola @ChrisKetola]

@SamBayley2 @_BTO @npwsBioData @BirdWatchIE @KerryBirdNews @WHunt86 So derpy ❤️

[Cecilia Montauban 🦇🐾 @CmMontauban]

The rhinos and hippos of Africa 🇺🇬😍
#rhinolophidae #hipposideridae

[Cecilia Montauban 🦇🐾 @CmMontauban]

From big Hammer-headed fruit bats to tiny insectivorous bats 😍 nice to be out in the field helping kick start bat surveys in Uganda 🇺🇬 with @faunaforever

[Chris Ketola @ChrisKetola]

@BukambaF @CmMontauban @faunaforever @globalsouthbats @GlobalBatNet @bats_w_borders @_BCT_ @BatConIntl @batconafrica Entebbe area

[Chris Ketola @ChrisKetola]

@Au_Erithacus Clearly a vagrant Harpy Eagle. Come on Aurora, get it right!

[Chris Ketola @ChrisKetola]

Can’t wait to see sunsets like this in Uganda with my own eyes by Sunday 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[Chris Ketola @ChrisKetola]

All these nets are so sexy! 🥵

[Aurora #LicencedBirdRinger @Au_Erithacus]

Any ringer would consider this a mega dream!! Nets for both bats 🦇 and birds 🐦 for the following trip to Uganda with @faunaforever and @ChrisKetola! Unfortunately, I can’t make it, but I am sure that if you are interested, there is still time to join the expedition! 🥰

[Aurora #LicencedBirdRinger @Au_Erithacus]

The last rings from the first combo of 500 are now allocated. Around 35 ringers from 30 locations working together to understand more about #moorhens

[Chris Ketola @ChrisKetola]

@SKleimaker @DarrenDreger E m i@ e ii rim

[Chris Ketola @ChrisKetola]

Huge thanks to @globalsouthbats for giving me the chance to be a part of this! 🦇 ❤️ 🎄

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

“White-nose syndrome is decimating cave-dwelling bat species like the northern long-eared bat at unprecedented rates.” https://t.co/SuGnWgU3rP

[Ivana Budinski @ivanabudinski]

Want to explore #birds and #bats in Uganda in early 2023? Contact @ChrisKetola and @faunaforever

[Aurora #LicencedBirdRinger @Au_Erithacus]

@ChrisKetola is also one of the fastest ringers I have ever seen putting nets up. It might be due to his hidden techniques like this falconer’s knot. Something you could also learn in Uganda with him 🙃🙃