Naturally Adventurous

Charley interviews Mark Williams, founder & owner of Ashanti African Tours, about their conservation projects and how he ended up there. Find out more about Rainforest Rescue Ghana at    https://ashantiafricantours.com/ethical-travel/   White-necked Rockfowl recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC719390. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/719390. License - Creative Commons At...

Charley chats with Ken about his recent trip to Costa Rica. Resplendent Quetzal recording courtesy of Paul Driver, XC137766. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/137766 License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 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...

Charley & Ken chat with Mollee Brown about her recent trip to El Salvador. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mollee.brown.3 https://nighthawkagency.com/ https://thebirdingcoop.org/ Bushy-crested Jay recording courtesy of Guillermo Funes, XC197652. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/197652. License  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast,...

Ken chats with Charley again about his recent trip to Israel. Tristram's Starling recording courtesy of Daniel Parker, XC126937. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/126937. License  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 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 a...

Ken chats with Charley about his recent time in Israel, a country that Charley also visited 10+ years ago. It's a fascinating part of the world with excellent food, good migration birding, a surprising diversity of wild places, and some very serious security protocols!  Oz Horzine's site about all the bird families of the world: http://www.birdfamiliesoftheworld.com/ Western Rock Nuthatch rec...

Charley recounts some highlights of his current California trip to regular guest Julian Hough. Sooty Grouse recording courtesy of Thomas Magarian, XC414087. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/414087. 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=tr...

This week we air an interview that Ken conducted several months back, during his time in Malawi. He chats with Frackson Kachiwawa, who is the manager of the Dzalanyama Forest Lodge, in the Forest Reserve of the same name. This is a well-known birding spot, one of the richest sites in the vast miombo broadleaf woodland biome of central Africa. They talk about forest conservation, how you get a coma...

This week Charley interviews Graciela Erazo in Spanish about the creation of Wayra Reserve in Ecuador. Keith Barnes gives an general introduction about ecotourism in Ecuador.   https://www.facebook.com/wayrareserve Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail recording courtesy of Andrew Spencer, XC47828. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/47828. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 If...

This week Ken tells Charley all about his recent visit to the remote Indian Ocean Seychelles islands. They talk about the biogeography, habitats, people, food, and endemic birds.  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 Adven...

This week Charley interviews Hannah Buschert & Erik Ostrander, hosts of the popular birding podcast Hannah & Erik Go Birding, about their recent trip to KZN, South Africa. Check out their website: https://www.gobirdingpodcast.com/ Livinstone's Turaco recording courtesy of Andrew Spencer, XC292663. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/292663. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-N...

This week Charley tells Ken all about his recent tour to northern Colombia including his top 5 birds. Santa Marta Screech-Owl recording courtesy of Bram Vogels, XC694176. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/694176. 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/naturallyadvent...

This week is an interview with well-known and well-liked Diego Calderón-Franco, a bird researcher and guide in the mega-biodiverse South American country of Colombia. Early in his birding career, Diego was captured by FARC, but this experience didn't dampen his love for birding or adventure!  You can find Diego on Instagram at www.instagram.com/diegocolbirding/ and his excellent show "The Bir...

This week is the second of a two-part interview with adventurous and accomplished world birder Peter Kaestner. He tells Charley and Ken some stories from his time in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. 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@gma...

This week is the first of a two-part interview with adventurous and accomplished world birder Peter Kaestner. He tells Charley and Ken some stories from his time in New Guinea, including a couple of hair-raising helicopter rides, and a day of birding in the company of cannibals. One minor clarification: when Peter mentioned Blue-and-white Kingfisher, the species he actually had in mind was Blue-bl...

Charley chats with fellow Tropical Birding guide Lisle Gwynne about his exploits in Oceania. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Tongan Megapode recording courtesy of Huw Lloyd, XC63005. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/63005. License  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Feel f...

Charley chats with herpetologist Kevin Hutcheson about his adventures in pursuit of snakes & salamanders. Check out Kevin's instagram                https://www.instagram.com/culvert_kev/ If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Allig...

This week Charley & Ken chat about safety and security while travelling. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Rufous-collared Sparrow recording courtsey of Javier, XC695592. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/695592. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Feel free to contac...

Charley & Ken talk about their top 5 birds in Namibia and the amazing places they are found in. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Suothern Carmine Bee-eater recording courtesy of Derek Solomon, XC41604. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/41604. License  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci...

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/ If you wish to support this...

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,...

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 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.behre...

A brief chat about snakes, scorpions and other dangerous animals with naturalist Dayne Braine who is currently co-leading a Namibia tour with Charley. 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...

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

Charley introduces another compilation of Ken's messages from his recent trip overland through Mozambique & eSwatini If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Blue Korhaan recording courtesy of Alan Collett, XC310997. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/310997. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommer...

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: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=naturallyadventurouspodcast&set=a.317541726863172 I...