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!

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Shovel-billed Kingfisher recording courtsey of Frank Lambert, XC38394. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/38394.

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Charley chats with fellow Tropical Birding guide Lisle Gwynne about his exploits in Oceania.

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Tongan Megapode recording courtesy of Huw Lloyd, XC63005. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/63005.

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Charley chats with herpetologist Kevin Hutcheson about his adventures in pursuit of snakes & salamanders.

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Alligator recording courtsey of US Fish & Wildlife Service. https://www.fws.gov/video/sound.htm

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This week Charley & Ken chat about safety and security while travelling.

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Rufous-collared Sparrow recording courtsey of Javier, XC695592. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/695592.

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Charley & Ken talk about their top 5 birds in Namibia and the amazing places they are found in.

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Suothern Carmine Bee-eater recording courtesy of Derek Solomon, XC41604. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/41604.

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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!  

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Siberian Thrush recording courtesy of Marta Celej, XC666367. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/666367

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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! 

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Siberian Thrush recording courtesy of Yann Muzika, XC664515. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/664515.

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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

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A brief chat about snakes, scorpions and other dangerous animals with naturalist Dayne Braine who is currently co-leading a Namibia tour with Charley.

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Ken spent a rugged and adventurous month on the road in southeast Africa. Here he tells the stories of his top five adventures from that time. These include noisy nights shared with hippos and elephants, and being stuck in immigration purgatory between two countries!

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African Pitta recording courtesy of Gareth K., XC445833. Accessible at https://www.xeno-canto.org/445833.

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