Naturally Adventurous

Charley interviews Aidan Place about his trip to Indonesia in search of lost and new bird species. Black-browed Babbler recording courtesy of Aidan Place. 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 Travel Nat...

Charley interviews Sam Jones about his time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Congo Peacock recording courtesy of Sam Jones Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature Adventure Birding

Charley welcomes Nick Bonomo to the show to chat about his DR adventure. 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 Travel Nature Adventure Birding

Charley & Ken interview each other about their daily lives. These are examples of bonus content sent to supporters on Patreon. 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 Travel Nature Adventure Birding

Charley interviews Mikiko Hashiba, a Japanese nature tour leader, about her 25-year career and how the Japanese travel. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Schalow's Turaco recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC509150. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/509150. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCo...

Charley tells Ken about his recent adventures in Torres del Paine NP, southern Chile looking for Pumas. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Austral Pygmy-Owl recording courtesy of GABRIEL LEITE, XC521632. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/521632. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareA...

Charley chats with Phil Chaon about his Masked Finfoot adventure in Bangladesh and other Big Year highlights. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Spotted Sandgrouse recording courtesy of Timo Janhonen, XC42516. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/42516. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-N...

Charley recently guided two trips in Japan. Most of the top highlights were on the island of Hokkaido. These are distilled into a scintillating "top 5" that he shares with Ken.  If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Red-crowned Crane recording courtesy of Ross Gallardy, XC294799. Accessible at https://xe...

Ken recently passed through Japan, and Charley has spent years of his life there. It's a fascinating place, and there is lots to talk about.  If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Meadow Bunting recording courtesy of Anon Torimi, XC603573. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/603573. License  Creative Co...

Charley chats with Stavros Christodoulides about Cyprus.

Ken and Charley chat about Sulawesi, a big Indonesian island that Ken recently visited on his way to West Papua. It has a fascinating mix of Asian and Australasian components, and loads of endemic wildlife.  If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Green-backed Kingfisher recording courtesy of Frank La...

Charley and Ken chat about Ken's recent trip to West Papua. New Guinea is a wild and rugged place, with some of the world's best birds. It's also fascinating from a cultural perspective. If you want to see the display of Black Sicklebill, which is discussed, check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkWjhCK4is8 There is also loads of other amazing footage of displaying Birds of Paradise on the Co...

Ken continues with his top 11 birds from his recent Argentina tour. Today we go from 5 to 1. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Black-legged Seriema recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC272645. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/272645. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 F...

Ken starts to tell Charley his top 11 birds from his recent Argentina tour. Today we go from 11 to 6.  If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Burrowing Parrot recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC272697. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/272697. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs...

Ken and Charley chat about Argentina, a country that Ken visited recently, and where Charley has travelled extensively. It's quirky, beautiful, perplexing, distinctive, and biodiverse!   If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true  Rufous-bellied Thrush recording courtesy of María Emilia Pérez, XC615568. Acces...

Ken asks Charley about his recent trip to the Falkland Islands. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true King Penguin recording courtesy of Frank Lambert, XC67618. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/67618. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0  Feel free to contact us at: cfchesse@gm...

Charley flies solo describing his eventful first day in Chile. Dusky-tailed Canastero recording courtesy of Guillermo Egli, XC53864. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/53864. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 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: cf...

Charley chats again with Ben Lucking about his adventures in the Central Peruvian Andes. Check out Ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjaminlucking/ If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager recording by Charley Hesse. Feel free to contact us at: cfchesse@gmail.com o...

Charley chats with Ben Lucking about his adventures in the Central Peruvian Andes. Check out Ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjaminlucking/ If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true 'Mantaro' thornbird recording courtesy of  Andrew Spencer, XC87999. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/87999....

Charley chats with Christine Elder about some of her nature sketching adventures. Check out Christine's Website at:  https://christineelder.com/ If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at:  https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Waved Albatross recording courtesy of Scott Olmstead, XC24276. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/24276. License...

Charley chats with Christine Elder about nature sketching and journalling. Check out Christine's Website at: https://christineelder.com/ or on Facebook at. https://www.facebook.com/ChristineLElder. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true  Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan recording courtesy of Mitch Lysinger, X...

Charley and Ken chat about field recording of natural sounds, birds in particular. It's an even more esoteric discipline than more typical birding! But it can be highly rewarding. This discussion is a good portal into a variety of related topics.  If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to c...

Charley & Jerry Connolly cover highlights from their recent Australia trip. The Audubon Shop Birder Supplies, Birdwatching Supplies, Madison, CT If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Marc Anderson, XC524669. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/524669. License  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommer...

Charley chats with Jerry Connolly from The Audubon Shop in Conneticut, all about Australia.  Check out The Audubon Shop's website at: The Audubon Shop Birder Supplies, Birdwatching Supplies, Madison, CT  and the amazing Birder tripod at: Tripods · The Audubon Shop Birder Supplies, Birdwatching Supplies, Madison, CT Don't forget to ask about the Naturally Adventurous discount! If you wish to suppor...

Ken chats with Forest Jarvis, an American who has made his home in the Philippines. For this week's episode, Forest tells five great stories about his adventures in pursuit of birds all over the Philippines. Want to hear about his using a thermal night vision scope to keep tabs on a half-naked drunk guy who was following him as he pursued a rare and spooky-sounding endemic owl? Give this episode a...