Naturally Adventurous

By Ken Behrens & Charley HesseSociety & Culture Places & Travel

Naturally Adventurous episodes

January 03, 2022 S2E21: Red-breasted Nuthatch madness, a.k.a. the Woodstock of birding. Ken chats with Julian Hough about birding culture (Part 2)
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!

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

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Siberian Thrush recording courtesy of Marta Celej, XC666367. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/666367
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

1 hr 19 min
December 27, 2021 S2E20: Stringing, Twitching, and Getting Gripped! Ken chats with Julian Hough about birding culture (Part 1)
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!

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

If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true

Siberian Thrush recording courtesy of Yann Muzika, XC664515. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/664515.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0

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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

57 min
December 17, 2021 S2E19: Namibia highlights & SNAKES!!!
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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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding
38 min
December 10, 2021 S2E18: Namibia mini-episode
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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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding
14 min
December 03, 2021 S2E17: Ken's Top 5 Adventures in Mozambique and Malawi
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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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding
1 hr 9 min
November 26, 2021 S2E16: Further Mozambique & eSwatini (Swaziland) adventures with Ken Behrens
Charley introduces another compilation of Ken's messages from his recent trip overland through Mozambique & eSwatini
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Blue Korhaan recording courtesy of Alan Collett, XC310997. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/310997.
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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

49 min
November 19, 2021 S2E15: Mozambique & Malawi adventures with Ken Behrens
Charley introduces a compilation of Ken's messages from his recent trip overland through Mozambique & Malawi.
Check out a Google map of sites mentioned:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=12mxvO9mTy-uksjhOO7FxmQvZMQhzIhOW&usp=sharing
Check out some photos related to the episode:
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Yellow-throated Apalis recording courtesy of Willem-Jan Emsens, XC166717. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/166717.
License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

43 min
November 12, 2021 S2E14: Night drives in South Africa with Jonnyboy September
Ken interviews a local guide from Marrick Safaris called Jonnyboy September about night drives.
Check out a Google map of sites mentioned:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1xLCKjIdncuUCbKCkogsVKSQoMIhC1Ozs&usp=sharing
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Spotted Thick-knee recording courtesy of Dawie de Swardt. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/549588.
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41 min
November 05, 2021 S2E13: Overlanding Africa with Meliisa & Ross Gallardy
Charley interviews Melissa & Ross Gallardy about their recently completed 9-month overland trip around 15 African countries.
Check out this map of their originally planned route:
https://i1.wp.com/budgetbirders.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Africa-Overview-2.png?w=862&ssl=1
Check out their website with posts and photos from their trip:
https://budgetbirders.com/category/overlanding-africa/
If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at:
https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true
Ring-necked Francolin recording courtesy of Ross Gallardy.
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48 min
October 29, 2021 S2E12: South Africa tour highlights with Ken Behrens
Ken tells Charley his top 5 highlights from his recent South Africa tour.
Check out a Google map of sites mentioned:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=162bSYH9gGTgQSfIrbLGmHMNbwsVOy0qB&usp=sharing
Check out some photos related to the episode:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=naturallyadventurouspodcast&set=a.304825508134794
If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at:
https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true
Cinnamon-breasted Warbler recording courtesy of Faansie Peacock, XC388319. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/388319.
License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] or [email protected]
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding
39 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.