Naturally Adventurous

Naturally Adventurous

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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...
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Episode List

S6E29: Bulgaria with Nick Bonomo

Feb 15th, 2026 8:00 AM

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: 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 https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@gmail.comNaturally Adventurous Podcast Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

S6E28: Japanese Giant Salamanders with Richard Pearce

Feb 8th, 2026 8:00 AM

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: 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 https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@gmail.comNaturally Adventurous Podcast Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

S6E27: Argentina with Andres Vasquez

Feb 1st, 2026 8:00 AM

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: 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 https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@gmail.comNaturally Adventurous Podcast Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

S6E26: Ken's weekend in Chiang Mai

Jan 25th, 2026 8:00 AM

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: 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 https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@gmail.comNaturally Adventurous Podcast Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

S6E25: Seeing the World's Bird Families

Jan 18th, 2026 8:00 AM

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, 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 https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@gmail.comNaturally Adventurous Podcast Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

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