Naturally Adventurous

By Ken Behrens & Charley HesseSociety & Culture Places & Travel

Naturally Adventurous episodes

October 21, 2023 S4E09: Evolution of birding with Gunnar Engblom
Charley chats with Gunnar Engblom about how birding has changed over the years.

Pale-winged Trumpeter recording courtesy of F. Schmitt, XC33914. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/33914. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5

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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
44 min
October 15, 2023 S4E11: Air travel (part 1) with Charley & Ken
Ken & Charley share their thoughts on air travel.

Rock Martin recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC781543. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/781543. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0

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46 min
October 08, 2023 S4E10: Darting Brown Bears in Pakistan with Richard Burroughs
Charley chats with wildlife vet Richard Burroughs about his recent trip to Pakistan in search of Brown Bears.

Bear recording courtesy of Dan Bergum

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26 min
September 24, 2023 S4E08: Peru adventures with Gunnar Engblom
Charley interviews Gunnar Engblom about his adventures and conservation efforts over the years in Peru

Undescribed Bay Antpitta ssp on the Satipo road. Recording courtesy of Andrew Spencer, XC88112. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/88112. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5

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55 min
September 17, 2023 S4E07: South Africa family trip with Julian Hough
Charley interviews Julian Hough about his recent family trip to South Africa.

Check out Julian's Substack page:
https://birdingontheedge.substack.com/

Gorgeous (Four-colored) Bushshrike recording by Charley Hesse

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54 min
September 10, 2023 S4E06: Newfoundland with Ken & Charley
Ken tells Charley about his family road trip up to Newfoundland.
Blackpoll Warbler recording courtesy of Martin St-Michel, XC467689. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/467689. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0

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56 min
September 03, 2023 S4E05: Fiji with Charley & Ken
Charley & Ken chat about Charley's recent trip to Fiji and hear about his Top 5 bird sightings.

Orange Dove recording courtesy of Matthias Feuersenger, XC109064. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/109064. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5

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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding
40 min
August 26, 2023 S4E04: Uganda with Prossy
Ken interviews Prossy, his local guide in Uganda.

Papyrus Gonolek recording courtesy of Martin St-Michel, XC252286. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/252286. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0

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Travel Nature Adventure Birding
43 min
August 20, 2023 S4E03: Discovering a new bird species in Colombia with Peter Kaestner
Charley interviews the world's top international birder, Peter Kaestner. Peter tells us the story of how he found a new species to science in Colombia back in 1989.
Cundinamarca Antpitta recording courtesy of Peter Kaestner.
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Travel Nature Adventure Birding
1 hr 3 min
August 13, 2023 S4E02: Borneo with Adrian Loong
Charley interviews his local guide Adrian Loong about Borneo and his career in guiding.
Whitehead's Trogon recording courtesy of Kim Chuah Lim, XC792910. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/792910. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding
27 min

About 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.