Charley interviews Martin Kaestner on a drive after seeing Guam Rail on Cocos Island. Guam Rail recorded by Trenton Voytko. 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: cfchesse@gmail.com &/or ken.behrens@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Nature - Travel - Adventu...
Jul 06, 2025•49 min•Season 5Ep. 49
Charley interview Keith Barnes about his recent trip to Somaliland. Collared Lark recording courtesy of Michel Watelet, XC904366. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/904366. 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact...
Jun 29, 2025•42 min•Season 5Ep. 48
Charley chats with Rod Cassidy, the founder of Sangha Lodge in the Central African Republic. https://youtu.be/pExjiHw8OuY?si=1kvCMA_eTv2-JbZM https://www.sanghalodge.com/ 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturall...
Jun 22, 2025•44 min
Charley & Ken chat about the long western US road trip that Ken recently embarked upon. Hear about a disaster while crossing the Ohio river, and a superb morning of birding in the Ozarks. Cerulean Warbler recording courtesy of Matt Wistrand, XC479915. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/479915. 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, p...
Jun 15, 2025•28 min•Season 5Ep. 46
Charley tells Julian about his top 5 birds from his recent time in Morocco. Greater Hoopoe-Lark recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC781409. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/781409. 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free...
Jun 08, 2025•56 min•Season 5Ep. 45
Julian & Charley chat about Morocco past and present. Levaillant's Woodpecker recording courtesy of Gerard Gorman, XC214485. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/214485. 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact ...
Jun 01, 2025•57 min•Season 44Ep. 5
Charley & Ken chat about the Costa Rica phototour that Ken recently guided, and Ken shares his top 10 sightings / photo-ops. Three-wattled Bellbird recording courtesy of Jelle Scharringa, XC608131. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/608131. 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://www.pat...
May 25, 2025•56 min•Season 5Ep. 43
Charley chats with podcast listener Will McPhail about his long history with the Lesser Antilles. Here's the link to Will's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/will.mcphail.5 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: cfchesse@gmail.com &/or ken.behrens@gmail.com ...
May 18, 2025•48 min•Season 5Ep. 42
Charley chats with regular guest Julian Hough, about his recent short BIRD-CATION to Puerto Rico. Here's the link to Julians short video about his trip: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/15vA4cCeLw/ Puerto Rican Nightjar recording courtesy of Hans Matheve, XC962758. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/962758. 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 podcas...
May 11, 2025•44 min
Charley & Ken chat about Spain, sharing some wildlife and cultural anedotes. White Stork recording courtesy of João Tomás, XC876580. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/876580. 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to ...
May 04, 2025•47 min•Season 5Ep. 40
With a sweeping view of the Serengeti, Ken and Andres discuss their just-ending trip in northern Tanzania. Andres is, in a word, "overwhelmed"... and with good reason! This is such a remarkable part of the world. 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: cfchesse@gmail.c...
Apr 27, 2025•53 min•Season 5Ep. 39
Charley & Dorian cross paths on their respective Thailand tours and compare notes on their guiding experiance in the country. Check out Dorian's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/dorian.anderson.photography/ Banded Bay Cuckoo recording courtesy of Greg Irving, XC951533. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/951533. 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 ...
Apr 20, 2025•48 min
Charley welcomes his friend Stephan Lorenz back to the show with more adventures from the infamous Kokoda Track in PNG. Here's the company that Stephan used for his logistics: https://kokodacrossing.com/ Here's a short video about Stephan's trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUazWhNghIo&t=550s White-eyed Robin recording courtesy of Stephan Lorenz. Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/ If you wish to support this podcast, please visi...
Apr 13, 2025•47 min•Season 5Ep. 37
Charley & Ken each recount their 3 favourite countries to guide in, along with some honorable mentions and their least favourite. Southern Ground-Hornbill recording courtesy of Ehren Eksteen, XC770951. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/770951. 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://www.pat...
Apr 06, 2025•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 36
Charley & Ken recount some stories of getting sick while travelling. Andean Flamingo recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC272584. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/272584. 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to con...
Mar 30, 2025•53 min
Charley chats with international bird guide Stephan Lorenz about birding in PNG. Streaked Bowerbird recording courtesy of Todd Mark, XC524402. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/524402. 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel fr...
Mar 23, 2025•48 min
Looking to start some global birding or natural history travel, but have a limited budget, and not sure where to go first? This episode is for you! Ken and Charley give a global, continent-by-continent overview of what they consider the best destinations for the first-time budget traveller. CORRECTION: Ken stated that Costa Rica is likely the most English-speaking Neotropical country, but while editing the podcast realized that Belize and Guyana are definitely more Anglophone than CR. Banded Bro...
Mar 16, 2025•48 min•Season 5Ep. 33
Charley & Ken discuss their personal practices for staying healthy while travelling the globe. From "doing C" to nasal rinses to battery-powered white noise machines! Ring-necked Dove (Cape Turtle-Dove) recording courtesy of Craig Robertson, XC586183. Accessible at whttps://xeno-canto.org/586183. 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, ...
Mar 09, 2025•46 min•Season 5Ep. 32
Ken talks with Zac about a tour to Madagascar that Zac recently guided, in search of some of the "8th Continent's" rarest creatures. You might be shocked by the creature that tops his list! 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse...
Mar 02, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 31
Charley & Ken discuss cultural immersion on their recent tours to Japan & India.White-cheeked Barbet recording courtesy of Rajgopal Patil, XC574863. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/574863. 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://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 30
Ken and Charley chat about Brazil, a country that Ken recently visited for the first time. Spoiler alert: he loved it! Bare-throated Bellbird recording courtesy of Mateus Gonçalves Santos, XC776815. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/776815. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens...
Feb 16, 2025•58 min•Season 5Ep. 29
Charley chats with his colleague Andres Vasquez about birding in Suriname. Capuchinbird recording courtesy of Felipe Arantes, XC600460. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/600460. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Check out our sponsor Tropical Birding's website: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/ Feel free to contact us a...
Feb 09, 2025•38 min•Season 5Ep. 28
Ken chats with Luciano Siviter about his unique childhood close to the natural world, his travels in the neotropics, and about Mexico and Mexican birding. Luciano's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucianosbirding/ Luciano's profile as an Audubon Mexico guide: http://www.audubonmexico.org/our-guides/ Santa Marta Antbird recording courtesy of Lucas Lombardo, XC540972. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/540972. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to...
Feb 02, 2025•54 min•Season 5Ep. 24
Charley recounts to Ken his Top 5 mammal encounters from his recent mammal watching trip in Sichuan Grey Wolf recording courtesy of Jarek Matusiak, XC961981. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/961981. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturall...
Jan 26, 2025•39 min
Charley & Keith Barnes chat with Sichuan resident (British) bird and mammal guide Sid Francis. Sambar Deer recording courtesy of Redpandacat © Nat Panda, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA) Accessible at: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145738540 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Ad...
Jan 19, 2025•39 min
Ken chats with Georgia birder, naturalist, and guide Patrick Maurice. You can find Patrick online here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010267353256 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrickmaurice24/ Bachman's Sparrow recording courtesy of Patrick Maurice. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@g...
Jan 12, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 24
The guys discuss Charley's new obsession. BATS!!! Hammer-headed Fruit-Bat recording courtesy of Frank Willems, XC940650. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/940650. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast - Nature - Travel...
Jan 05, 2025•44 min•Season 5Ep. 23
New Caledonia is a Melanesian island northeast of Australia. It's home to an amazing bird that makes up its own family. Ken visited recently, and Charley a few years ago. They talk about this unique island, from its political situation to its biological diversity. Kagu recording courtesy of Andrew Spencer, XC311983. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/311983. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: ...
Dec 29, 2024•55 min•Season 5Ep. 22
Learn about Ken's budding romance with flightless birds, and long-awaited encounter with some of the world's largest *flying* birds. Tui recording courtesy of Barry Edmonston, XC794785. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/794785. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com &/or ...
Dec 22, 2024•59 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Chris Bell shares some highlights of his South America Big Year (and a half) with Charley. Sierra Azul Antbird recording courtesy of Guilherme de Melo Becher, XC764477. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/764477. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: cfchesse@gmail.com &/OR ken.behrens@gmail.com N...
Dec 15, 2024•53 min•Season 5Ep. 20
