Naturally Adventurous

By Ken Behrens & Charley HesseSociety & Culture Places & Travel

Naturally Adventurous episodes

March 05, 2023 S3E31: Japan Freeform with Charley & Ken
Ken recently passed through Japan, and Charley has spent years of his life there. It's a fascinating place, and there is lots to talk about.
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Meadow Bunting recording courtesy of Anon Torimi, XC603573. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/603573. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding
57 min
February 26, 2023 S3E30: Cyprus with Stavros Chrystodoulides
Charley chats with Stavros Christodoulides about Cyprus.
35 min
February 19, 2023 S3E29: Taste of Sulawesi
Ken and Charley chat about Sulawesi, a big Indonesian island that Ken recently visited on his way to West Papua. It has a fascinating mix of Asian and Australasian components, and loads of endemic wildlife.
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Green-backed Kingfisher recording courtesy of Frank Lambert, XC413696. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/413696. License: Creative Commons Attribution-Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
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42 min
February 12, 2023 S3E28: West Papua
Charley and Ken chat about Ken's recent trip to West Papua. New Guinea is a wild and rugged place, with some of the world's best birds. It's also fascinating from a cultural perspective.
If you want to see the display of Black Sicklebill, which is discussed, check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkWjhCK4is8 There is also loads of other amazing footage of displaying Birds of Paradise on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology YouTube channel.
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Travel Nature Adventure Birding
54 min
February 05, 2023 S3E27: Ken's Argentina trip top 11 birds (5 to 1)
Ken continues with his top 11 birds from his recent Argentina tour. Today we go from 5 to 1.

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Black-legged Seriema recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC272645. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/272645.
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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding
37 min
January 29, 2023 S3E26: Ken's Argentina trip top 11 birds (11 to 6)
Ken starts to tell Charley his top 11 birds from his recent Argentina tour. Today we go from 11 to 6.
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Burrowing Parrot recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC272697. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/272697.
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Travel Nature Adventure Birding
41 min
January 22, 2023 S3E25: Argentina Intro
Ken and Charley chat about Argentina, a country that Ken visited recently, and where Charley has travelled extensively. It's quirky, beautiful, perplexing, distinctive, and biodiverse!
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Rufous-bellied Thrush recording courtesy of María Emilia Pérez, XC615568. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/615568. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
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50 min
January 15, 2023 S3E24: Falkland Islands with Charley & Ken
Ken asks Charley about his recent trip to the Falkland Islands.
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King Penguin recording courtesy of Frank Lambert, XC67618. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/67618. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
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Travel Nature Adventure Birding
45 min
January 08, 2023 S3E23: First day in Chile with Charley
Charley flies solo describing his eventful first day in Chile.
Dusky-tailed Canastero recording courtesy of Guillermo Egli, XC53864. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/53864. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5
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Travel Nature Adventure Birding
26 min
January 01, 2023 S3E22: Further Central Peruvian adventures with Ben Lucking
Charley chats again with Ben Lucking about his adventures in the Central Peruvian Andes.
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Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager recording by Charley Hesse.
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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding
49 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.