Naturally Adventurous

In the final episode of Season 2, Ken tells Charley his top 5 bird encounters from his recent Borneo trip Rail-Babbler recording courtesy of Greg Irving, XC423567. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/423567. 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=...

Ken chats with Charley about his recent time in Malaysia, a southeast Asian country that Charley also knows well. It's a fascinating and complicated part of the world with excellent food, friendly people, and mega-diverse forest. What are the major divisions within Malaysian society? How do its politics work? What is the food like? What's the conservation situation? Just a few of the questions tha...

Charley & Ken continue the 6-part mini-series on Habitats of the world. In this episode, Dale Forbes tells Ken & Charley about his favourite 5 (and least favorite 1) habitats from the Palearctic region. Information about and a photo of a Grizzly x Polar Bear hybrid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly%E2%80%93polar_bear_hybrid For more information on our "Guide to Wildlife Habitats of th...

Charley & Ken continue the 6-part mini-series on Habitats of the world. Today, Iain Campbell tells Ken & Charley about his favourite 5 (and least favorite 1) habitats from the Australasian region. For more information on our "Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the World": https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691197562/habitats-of-the-world Crested Bellbird recording courtesy of Marc...

Charley & Ken continue the 6-part mini-series on Habitats of the world. Today, Andres Vasquez tells Ken & Charley about his favourite 5 (and least favorite 1) habitats from the Neotropical region. Howler Monkey vocalization courtesy of Andres Vasquez. If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel fr...

Charley & Ken continue a new 6-part mini-series on Habitats of the world. Today, Ken tells Charley about his favourite 5 (and least favorite 1) habitats from the Afrotropical region. Earlier episodes mentioned in those one:  Mozambique Coutadas (monsoon forest habitat) - https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1b4v9l Marojejy Madagascar (Indian Ocean rainforest) - https://anchor.fm/dashboard...

Charley & Ken start a new 6-part miniseries on Habitats of the world. Today, Phil Chaon tells Charley & Ken his favourite 5 (and least favorite 1) habitats from the Nearctic region. Lesser Prairie Chicken recording courtesy of Andrew Spencer, XC100768. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/100768. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 If you wish to support this podcas...

Charley & Ken start a new 6-part miniseries on Habitats of the world. Today, Charley tells Ken his favourite 5 habitats from the Indo-Malaya region. Himalayan Shortwing recording courtesy of Jelle Scharringa, XC646775. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/646775. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0  If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon pa...

Our biggest and best episode EVER! Ken and Charley talk about their experiences in Texas, including a tour that Ken recently guided there.  Whooping Crane recording courtesy of Sue Riffe, XC533637. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/533637. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.pat...

Special guest Keith Barnes and Charley share their exploits of searching for Spectacled Bear in Ecuador.  Keith introduces his new concept of Enigmatic Wildlife Tours. https://www.tropicalbirding.com/enigmatictours  Spectacled Bear photo courtesy of Sam Woods. Desert Rain Frog recording taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBkWhkAZ9ds. If you wish to support this podcast, please vi...

Charley tells Ken about his top 5 highlights from his recent Ghana tour. Nkulengu Rail recording courtesy of Bram Vogels, XC404539. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/404539. 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:...

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...