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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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00:37:40

S6E36: Central Peru with Jason Lewis (part 2)

Naturally Adventurous ·

2026/04/05

Podcast listener Jason Lewis shares his epic birding adventures from Central Peru in the second of this 2 parter.Oxapampa Antpitta recording coutresy of Peter Boesman, XC223592. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/223592. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page:

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01:20:30

S6E35: Ken in Eastern Panama

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2026/03/29

Is the Darien actually the dangerous borderland that most people make it out to be? Is it crazy to bring young kids on a Darien trek to visit the nest of a Harpy Eagle?! Ken tells Charley about his eastern Panama adventure. Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page:

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00:47:54

S6E34: Central Peru with Jason Lewis

Naturally Adventurous ·

2026/03/22

Podcast listener Jason Lewis shares his epic birding adventures from Central Peru in the first of this 2 parter.Cloud-Forest Screech-Owl recording courtesy of Ross Gallardy, XC296730. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/296730. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page:

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00:58:26

S6E33: Finland & Norway with Julian Hough

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2026/03/15

Regular guest Julian Hough tells Charley about his trip to Finland & Norway last year.Check out Julian's Youtube videos from his tours:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GfApNgJX6w&t=5shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRyTHHBN9rMPlease check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page:

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00:43:06

S6E32: Charley's Japan Top 5 Birds

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2026/03/08

Charley gives his Top 5 bird sightings from his recent Japan in Winter tour.Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Intro by Jenna Pinchbeck https://www.jennapinchbeck.com/ Jennapinchbeck@gmail.com. Theme music by John Behrens

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00:35:14

S6E31: Charley's local birding patch

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2026/03/01

Charley does a field broadcast from his local birding patch in Chiang Mai.Here's the ebird checklist from the walk:https://ebird.org/checklist/S298534053Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Intro by Jenna Pinchbeck

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00:49:57

S6E30: Ken's Six Weeks in Panama (part 1)

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2026/02/22

Ken gives Charley an overview of his recent long trip to Panama. Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Intro by Jenna Pinchbeck https://www.jennapinchbeck.com/ Jennapinchbeck@gmail.com. Theme music by John Behrens

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01:04:36

S6E29: Bulgaria with Nick Bonomo

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2026/02/15

Charley chats with Nick Bonomo about independent migration birding in Bulgaria.check out Nick's blog https://www.shorebirder.com/Hazel Grouse recording courtesy of Fredrik Grahn, XC1049385. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/1049385. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page:

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00:44:40

S6E28: Japanese Giant Salamanders with Richard Pearce

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2026/02/08

Charley chats with Richard Pearce about Japanese Giant Salamander conservation.Check out a YouTube video of Richard and the Salamandershttps://youtu.be/OEWDx2EAJJs?si=6gzbbY3N7AUauw-eand his NPO websitehttps://www.sustainabledaisen.org/en/homeRuddy Kingfisher recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC285936. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/285936. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding:

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01:01:09

S6E27: Argentina with Andres Vasquez

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2026/02/01

Charley chats with regular guest Andres Vasquez about his recent trip to Argentina.Chaco Owl recording courtesy of Hans Matheve, XC965889. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/965889. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page:

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00:43:14

S6E26: Ken's weekend in Chiang Mai

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2026/01/25

Charley and Ken record another 'live from the field' episode, this time from Ken's short visit to Chiang Mai, Thailand last year.Spot-throated Babbler recording courtesy of Charley. Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page:

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00:55:45

S6E25: Seeing the World's Bird Families

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2026/01/18

Charley chat with Keith Barnes about seeing the world's bird families.Ken's photo gallery of 140/150 of the world's bird families: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kbehrens/albums/72177720330473375Gray-winged Trumpeter recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC271781. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/271781. License ⁠ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0⁠⁠Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast,

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01:04:56

S6E24: Douglas McMeekin, a life of adventure in the...

Naturally Adventurous ·

2026/01/11

Ken talks with Douglas McMeekin, the founder of Yachana Foundation. Douglas has had a remarkable life, much of it spent in the Amazon, where he founded the Yachana Foundation, which uses for-profit ventures to fund its non-profit work in conservation and among local communities. Want to hear what it was like to travel in the Amazon in the 1960s?! Listen in!Piratic Flycatcher recordings courtesy of Marc Anderson, XC981651. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/981651. License: Creative Commons

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00:58:42

S6E23: Rail-Babbler & Hypocolius bite the dust.

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2026/01/04

Charley tells Ken about his latest 2 new bird families.Malaysian Rail-Babbler recording courtesy of Ding Li Yong, XC987719. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/987719. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page:

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01:11:54

S6E22: State of the Pod and 2025 Wrap-Up

Naturally Adventurous ·

2025/12/28

Charley and Ken talk about the state of the podcast, after delivering weekly episodes for over five years (!). They chat about the results of the survey from earlier in the year, and wrap up 2025. Ken's photo gallery of 140/150 of the world's bird families: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kbehrens/albums/72177720330473375Pallid Scops-Owl recording courtesy of Sven Normant, XC982497. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/982497. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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00:52:59

S6E21: Oman Top 6 Highlights with Charley & Ken

Naturally Adventurous ·

2025/12/21

Ken tells Charley about the top 6 experiences of his recent trip to the Arabian Peninsula country of Oman. CORRECTION / CLARIFICATION: Regarding Silverbills, the country of Saudi Arabia also has both Indian and African Silverbills, and of course much of East Africa has two species, though the Gray-headed Silverbill is in a different genus, and is quite unlike the African / Indian. Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support

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01:10:24

S6E20: Rediscovering Lost Indian Birds with Harish...

Naturally Adventurous ·

2025/12/14

Charley talks with one of India's top birders, Harish Thangaraj, about some amazing rediscoveries he has made this yearJerdon's Courser recordings courtesy of P Jeganathan, XC294415. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/294415, and Harish Thangaraj, XC1038584. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/1038584. License for both: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast,

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00:44:00

S6E19: New Britain with Charley & Ken

Naturally Adventurous ·

2025/12/07

Charley tells Ken about his recent trip to the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.Golden Masked-Owl recording courtesy of Charley Hesse.Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page: https://patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Intro by Jenna Pinchbeck

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00:55:04

S6E18: Myanmar with Charlie Harcourt

Naturally Adventurous ·

2025/11/30

Ken chats with Charlie Harcourt about the country of Myanmar; it's biological and cultural riches, as well as its troubled history (and present). Charlie's organization for higher education access: https://www.myanmar-foundation.orgSupport for democracy and public assistance in Myanmar: https://www.mutualaidmyanmar.orgBird tours: https://www.myanmarbirding.comWhite-browed Nuthatch recording courtesy of Frank Lambert, XC80394. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/80394. Creative Commons

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00:51:48

S6E17: Ken in Ecuador - Part 2

Naturally Adventurous ·

2025/11/23

Ken tells Charley about the second half of his recent trip around northern Ecuador. It started with a wisdom tooth removal, but was all uphill from there! Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Intro by Jenna Pinchbeck https://www.jennapinchbeck.com/ Jennapinchbeck@gmail.com. Theme music by John

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