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289 episodes
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Ken Behrens & Charley HesseExplicit
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Date created
2020/07/27
Latest episode
2026/04/19
Average duration
55 min.
Release period
7 days
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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. Contact Ken and Charley: [email protected] and [email protected] Photo Galleries: https://www.ken-behrens.com/naturally-adventurous-podcast
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S6E38: Charley & Ken's Top 5 places they want to go but can't
2026/04/19
Today Charley & Ken chat about places they would love to travel to but can't.
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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]
Congo Peafowl recording courtesy of Lars Dinesen, XC894811. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/894811. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
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S6E37: Ken in Western Panama
2026/04/12
The final installment of our Panama series. Ken tells Charley about his western Panama adventure. How did Ken manage to miss all the brushfinches yet find all the quail-doves?! How was his climb up Panama's highest mountain?
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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]
Pheasant Cuckoo recording courtesy of Scott Olmstead, XC1035981. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/1035981. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding
S6E36: Central Peru with Jason Lewis (part 2)
2026/04/05
Podcast listener Jason Lewis shares his epic birding adventures from Central Peru in the second of this 2 parter.
Oxapampa Antpitta recording coutresy of Peter Boesman, XC223592. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/223592. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0
Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/
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🌏 EXPEDIA
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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]
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Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding
S6E35: Ken in Eastern Panama
2026/03/29
Is the Darien actually the dangerous borderland that most people make it out to be? Is it crazy to bring young kids on a Darien trek to visit the nest of a Harpy Eagle?! Ken tells Charley about his eastern Panama adventure.
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
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Planning a trip? If you book your hotels, flights, or rentals through the following links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It’s an easy way to help us keep the show running!
🌏 BOOKING https://booking.stay22.com/naturallyadventurouspodcast/s3d4hFBa7P
🌏 EXPEDIA
https://expedia.stay22.com/naturallyadventurouspodcast/5qml7jv5nm
🌏 AGODA
https://agoda.stay22.com/naturallyadventurouspodcast/ymFFQoOmep
🌏 GET YOUR GUIDE https://getyourguide.stay22.com/naturallyadventurouspodcast/QbZzqQMGJz
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]
Black-crowned Antpitta recording courtesy of Scott Olmstead, XC694955. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/694955. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Nature - Travel - Adventure - Birding
S6E34: Central Peru with Jason Lewis
2026/03/22
Podcast listener Jason Lewis shares his epic birding adventures from Central Peru in the first of this 2 parter.
Cloud-Forest Screech-Owl recording courtesy of Ross Gallardy, XC296730. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/296730. 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
Support the Podcast While You Travel
Planning a trip? If you book your hotels, flights, or rentals through the following links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It’s an easy way to help us keep the show running!
🌏 BOOKING https://booking.stay22.com/naturallyadventurouspodcast/s3d4hFBa7P
🌏 EXPEDIA
https://expedia.stay22.com/naturallyadventurouspodcast/5qml7jv5nm
🌏 AGODA
https://agoda.stay22.com/naturallyadventurouspodcast/ymFFQoOmep
🌏 GET YOUR GUIDE https://getyourguide.stay22.com/naturallyadventurouspodcast/QbZzqQMGJz
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
S6E33: Finland & Norway with Julian Hough
2026/03/15
Regular guest Julian Hough tells Charley about his trip to Finland & Norway last year.
Check out Julian's Youtube videos from his tours:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GfApNgJX6w&t=5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRyTHHBN9rM
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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
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S6E32: Charley's Japan Top 5 Birds
2026/03/08
Charley gives his Top 5 bird sightings from his recent Japan in Winter tour.
Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/
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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
S6E31: Charley's local birding patch
2026/03/01
Charley does a field broadcast from his local birding patch in Chiang Mai.
Here's the ebird checklist from the walk:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S298534053
Please check out the website of our sponsor Tropical Birding: https://www.tropicalbirding.com/
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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
S6E30: Ken's Six Weeks in Panama (part 1)
2026/02/22
Ken gives Charley an overview of his recent long trip to Panama.
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
S6E29: Bulgaria with Nick Bonomo
2026/02/15
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
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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
S6E28: Japanese Giant Salamanders with Richard Pearce
2026/02/08
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
S6E27: Argentina with Andres Vasquez
2026/02/01
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
S6E26: Ken's weekend in Chiang Mai
2026/01/25
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
S6E25: Seeing the World's Bird Families
2026/01/18
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
S6E24: Douglas McMeekin, a life of adventure in the Amazon
2026/01/11
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
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Birding&Biz&Kids 2025/09/02
Top 5 reasons to follow this show
Huge fan of the show and listen to it every week. Birdwatching around the world is the biggest focus but lots of travel experiences, culture, nature ...
rinachick 2025/08/21
A wonderful part of my commute
A birder friend of mine recommended this podcast to me, and I’ve been absolutely hooked! I consider myself just a general nature and wildlife lover, i...
sstrine 2024/09/17
My all-time favorite nature and travel podcast!
This is hands-down the show I most enjoy listening to, and it’s easily my favorite nature and travel podcast…interesting and relevant to birders, herp...
CeceD. 2024/09/15
St Petersburg,Fl birder
This is a great podcast for anyone interested in birds, animals, adventure and misadventure! Ken and Charley’s love of travel really comes through in ...
BirdingGirl 2024/08/04
Love this podcast!
I’ve been listening for several years and absolutely love this podcast! You guys keep it interesting by changing up the format. I loved the latest epi...
MikeBirdman 2024/07/21
Love this podcast
This is ostensibly about birds. But in reality it is two well-traveled international bird guides talking about: issues with travel all over the worl...
Lewisbholmes 2023/11/28
Great podcast!
Definitely one of my favorite podcasts, I look forward to each episode. Ken and Charlie are excellent storytellers and share their love of travel, adv...
Vi Jules 2023/02/13
Incredibly entertaining and Educational
A library full of captivating episodes that give us all a glimpse of the nature and culture of wildlife destinations around the world.
Red-necked Grebe 2021/12/15
Superb
This is hands down my favorite podcast. If you are interested in birding, nature, travel, or even just hearing two terrific storytellers recount their...
cfharcourt 2021/10/26
Favorite Nature/Travel Podcast
As a birder and traveller this podcast is tailor-made for my personal passions, but Ken and Charley's stories would certainly be fun and engaging to a...
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