Naturally Adventurous

Naturally Adventurous

By Ken Behrens & Charley HesseSociety & CulturePlaces & Travel
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Naturally Adventurous episodes

  • S6E30: Ken's Six Weeks in Panama (part 1)

    Ken gives Charley an overview of his recent long trip to Panama.

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    Intro by Jenna Pinchbeck https://www.jennapinchbeck.com/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]

    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

    50 min
  • S6E29: Bulgaria with Nick Bonomo

    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 4.0


    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/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]


    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

    1 hr 5 min
  • S6E28: Japanese Giant Salamanders with Richard Pearce

    Charley chats with Richard Pearce about Japanese Giant Salamander conservation.


    Check out a YouTube video of Richard and the Salamanders

    https://youtu.be/OEWDx2EAJJs?si=6gzbbY3N7AUauw-e


    and his NPO website

    https://www.sustainabledaisen.org/en/home


    Ruddy 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/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]


    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

    45 min
  • S6E27: Argentina with Andres Vasquez

    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 4.0


    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/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]


    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

    1 hr 2 min
  • S6E26: Ken's weekend in Chiang Mai

    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/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]


    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

    44 min
  • S6E25: Seeing the World's Bird Families

    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/72177720330473375


    Gray-winged Trumpeter recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC271781. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/271781. 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/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]


    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding


    56 min
  • S6E24: Douglas McMeekin, a life of adventure in the Amazon

    Ken talks with Douglas McMeekin, the founder of Yachana Foundation. Douglas has had a remarkable life, much of it spent in the Amazon, where he founded the Yachana Foundation, which uses for-profit ventures to fund its non-profit work in conservation and among local communities. Want to hear what it was like to travel in the Amazon in the 1960s?! Listen in!

    Piratic Flycatcher recordings courtesy of Marc Anderson, XC981651. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/981651. 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/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]

    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

    1 hr 5 min
  • S6E23: Rail-Babbler & Hypocolius bite the dust.

    Charley tells Ken about his latest 2 new bird families.


    Malaysian Rail-Babbler recording courtesy of Ding Li Yong, XC987719. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/987719. 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/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]


    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding

    59 min
  • S6E22: State of the Pod and 2025 Wrap-Up

    Charley and Ken talk about the state of the podcast, after delivering weekly episodes for over five years (!). They chat about the results of the survey from earlier in the year, and wrap up 2025.

    Ken's photo gallery of 140/150 of the world's bird families: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kbehrens/albums/72177720330473375

    Pallid Scops-Owl recording courtesy of Sven Normant, XC982497. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/982497. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 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/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]

    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure - BirdingS6E22: State of the Pod and 2025 Wrap-Up

    1 hr 12 min
  • S6E21: Oman Top 6 Highlights with Charley & Ken

    Ken tells Charley about the top 6 experiences of his recent trip to the Arabian Peninsula country of Oman.

    CORRECTION / CLARIFICATION: Regarding Silverbills, the country of Saudi Arabia also has both Indian and African Silverbills, and of course much of East Africa has two species, though the Gray-headed Silverbill is in a different genus, and is quite unlike the African / Indian.

    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/ [email protected]. Theme music by John Behrens https://nashvilleaudioproductions.com/

    Feel free to contact us at: [email protected] &/or [email protected]

    Naturally Adventurous Podcast

    Nature - Travel - Adventure


    53 min

About Naturally Adventurous

From the publisher's feed

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.

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