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Naturally Adventurous

Ken Behrens & Charley Hesse

Charley Hesse and Ken Behrens have travelled all over the globe, and accumulated a lifetime worth of adventure stories, in pursuit of wild places and wild creatures. Both are lifelong birding and natural history fanatics, and professional guides. Charley was born in the UK, but has spent his life living in Japan, Ecuador, South Africa, and now Thailand. Ken was born in the US, and has lived in South Africa and Madagascar for the last decade plus. Contact Ken and Charley: ken.behrens@gmail.com and

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00:45:43

S2E37: El Salvador with Mollee Brown

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/04/24

Charley & Ken chat with Mollee Brown about her recent trip to El Salvador. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mollee.brown.3 https://nighthawkagency.com/ https://thebirdingcoop.org/ Bushy-crested Jay recording courtesy of Guillermo Funes, XC197652. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/197652. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to

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00:59:26

S2E36: Israel with Ken and Charley (Part II)

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/04/17

Ken chats with Charley again about his recent trip to Israel. Tristram's Starling recording courtesy of Daniel Parker, XC126937. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/126937. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: cfchesse@gmail.com OR ken.behrens@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature Adventure

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00:34:47

S2E35: Israel with Ken and Charley

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/04/10

Ken chats with Charley about his recent time in Israel, a country that Charley also visited 10+ years ago. It's a fascinating part of the world with excellent food, good migration birding, a surprising diversity of wild places, and some very serious security protocols! Oz Horzine's site about all the bird families of the world: http://www.birdfamiliesoftheworld.com/ Western Rock Nuthatch recording courtesy of Cedric Mroczko, XC414087. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/613642 License Creative

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S2E34: Charley in California with Julian Hough

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2022/04/03

Charley recounts some highlights of his current California trip to regular guest Julian Hough. Sooty Grouse recording courtesy of Thomas Magarian, XC414087. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/414087. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous

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00:27:35

S2E33: Malawi Microcosm - a chat with Dzalanyama...

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/03/27

This week we air an interview that Ken conducted several months back, during his time in Malawi. He chats with Frackson Kachiwawa, who is the manager of the Dzalanyama Forest Lodge, in the Forest Reserve of the same name. This is a well-known birding spot, one of the richest sites in the vast miombo broadleaf woodland biome of central Africa. They talk about forest conservation, how you get a comatose lodge guest into bed, and Frackson's unusual life trajectory. https://www.dzalanyama.net If you

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00:34:36

S2E32: Ecotourism in Ecuador with Graciela Erazo &...

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/03/20

This week Charley interviews Graciela Erazo in Spanish about the creation of Wayra Reserve in Ecuador. Keith Barnes gives an general introduction about ecotourism in Ecuador. https://www.facebook.com/wayrareserve Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail recording courtesy of Andrew Spencer, XC47828. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/47828. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at:

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00:39:22

S2E31: Charley and Ken Seychelles chat

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/03/13

This week Ken tells Charley all about his recent visit to the remote Indian Ocean Seychelles islands. They talk about the biogeography, habitats, people, food, and endemic birds. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature Adventure Birding --- Send in a voice message:

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00:47:14

S2E30: Hannah & Erik Go Birding in South Africa

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2022/03/06

This week Charley interviews Hannah Buschert & Erik Ostrander, hosts of the popular birding podcast Hannah & Erik Go Birding, about their recent trip to KZN, South Africa. Check out their website: https://www.gobirdingpodcast.com/ Livinstone's Turaco recording courtesy of Andrew Spencer, XC292663. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/292663. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at:

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00:45:06

S2E29: Charley's Top 5 birds from N Colombia

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/02/27

This week Charley tells Ken all about his recent tour to northern Colombia including his top 5 birds. Santa Marta Screech-Owl recording courtesy of Bram Vogels, XC694176. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/694176. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous

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01:06:38

S2E28: Colombian Frontiers, an interview with Diego...

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2022/02/20

This week is an interview with well-known and well-liked Diego Calderón-Franco, a bird researcher and guide in the mega-biodiverse South American country of Colombia. Early in his birding career, Diego was captured by FARC, but this experience didn't dampen his love for birding or adventure! You can find Diego on Instagram at www.instagram.com/diegocolbirding/ and his excellent show "The Birders Show" is found at www.youtube.com/TheBirdersShow Also check out two documentaries about Diego: The

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00:46:32

S2E27: South(west) Pacific, an interview with Peter...

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/02/13

This week is the second of a two-part interview with adventurous and accomplished world birder Peter Kaestner. He tells Charley and Ken some stories from his time in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature Adventure Birding --- Send in a voice message:

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00:41:22

S2E26: South(west) Pacific, an interview with Peter...

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/02/06

This week is the first of a two-part interview with adventurous and accomplished world birder Peter Kaestner. He tells Charley and Ken some stories from his time in New Guinea, including a couple of hair-raising helicopter rides, and a day of birding in the company of cannibals. One minor clarification: when Peter mentioned Blue-and-white Kingfisher, the species he actually had in mind was Blue-black Kingfisher. Easily confused! If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at:

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00:50:04

S2E25: Oceania with Lisle Gwynn

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/01/30

Charley chats with fellow Tropical Birding guide Lisle Gwynne about his exploits in Oceania. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Tongan Megapode recording courtesy of Huw Lloyd, XC63005. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/63005. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature

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00:41:52

S2E24: Herping with Kevin Hutcheson. Gators, haunted...

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/01/23

Charley chats with herpetologist Kevin Hutcheson about his adventures in pursuit of snakes & salamanders. Check out Kevin's instagram https://www.instagram.com/culvert_kev/ If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Alligator recording courtsey of US Fish & Wildlife Service. https://www.fws.gov/video/sound.htm Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous

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00:56:57

S2E23: Travel safety

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/01/14

This week Charley & Ken chat about safety and security while travelling. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Rufous-collared Sparrow recording courtsey of Javier, XC695592. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/695592. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature

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00:54:31

S2E22: Top Namibian birds with Charley & Ken

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/01/07

Charley & Ken talk about their top 5 birds in Namibia and the amazing places they are found in. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Suothern Carmine Bee-eater recording courtesy of Derek Solomon, XC41604. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/41604. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous

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01:18:23

S2E21: Red-breasted Nuthatch madness, a.k.a. the...

Naturally Adventurous ·

2022/01/03

Ken chats with good friend of the podcast Julian Hough, about birding culture. This week, Julian tells about the British "twitching" (rare bird chasing) scene when he was a young man. Need to see a bird that's 100s of miles away, but you have no car, no money, and you're on crutches? No problem! If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Siberian Thrush recording courtesy of Marta Celej, XC666367. Accessible

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00:56:41

S2E20: Stringing, Twitching, and Getting Gripped! Ken...

Naturally Adventurous ·

2021/12/27

Ken chats with good friend of the podcast Julian Hough, about birding culture. We explore modern birding compared with birding 20-30 years ago, as well as American versus British birding. Julian has some crazy stories about what people will do to climb their way up the birding hierarchy! If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Siberian Thrush recording courtesy of Yann Muzika, XC664515. Accessible at

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00:37:48

S2E19: Namibia highlights & SNAKES!!!

Naturally Adventurous ·

2021/12/17

A chat with naturalist Dayne Braine about some of our Namibia tour highlights and some great Snake stories. If you wish to support Dayne's book on geckos, contact him directly at: https://web.facebook.com/dayne.braine If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature Adventure Birding --- Send in a

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00:13:56

S2E18: Namibia mini-episode

Naturally Adventurous ·

2021/12/10

A brief chat about snakes, scorpions and other dangerous animals with naturalist Dayne Braine who is currently co-leading a Namibia tour with Charley. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature Adventure Birding --- Send in a voice message:

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