
Naturally Adventurous
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: ken.behrens@gmail.com and cfchesse@gmail.com
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Sep 17, 2021 • 47min
Season 2 Episode 6: Julian Hough in Colombia
With Ken still AWOL in Africa, Charley chats with Julian Hough about his recent trip to Colombia and the incredible Capuchinbird.
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Capuchinbird recording courtesy of:
Felipe Arantes, XC600460. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/600460.
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Sep 10, 2021 • 33min
Season 2 Episode 5: Ken's journey to Angola
Ken reappears in Angola and shares his first international travel experience since the start of the pandemic.
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Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush recording by Ken Behren's
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Sep 3, 2021 • 10min
Season 2 Episode 4: Mini-podcast. Charley's hiking adventure in Chiang Mai
With Ken AWOL in Angola, Charley gives a quick solo update on his recent hiking exploits in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Peregrine Falcon recording courtesy of:
Lars Edenius, XC606825. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/606825.
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Aug 27, 2021 • 60min
Season 2 Episode 3: Top multi-day hikes to see wildlife (Part 2)
In this episode, Ken & Charley recount more memorable multi-day hikes. Ken takes us to the high Andes of Bolivia in search of Stygian Own and Charley, down the Manu Road to the Peruvian Amazon.
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Aug 20, 2021 • 52min
Season 2 Episode 2: Top multi-day hikes to see wildlife (Part 1)
In this episode, Ken & Charley recount a memorable multi-day hike. Ken takes us in search of the Helmet Vanga in Madagascar and Charley, the Marvellous Spatuletail & Long-whiskered Owlet in Northern Peru.
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Aug 13, 2021 • 41min
Season 2 Episode 1: Introducing the new theme music
Welcome to season 2!! We are excited to introduce our new theme music which contains many natural sounds which the boys have recorded over the years from around the world.
Ken & Charley take you through the natural sounds one by one.
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Jul 30, 2021 • 56min
Episode 50: Birdie Big Year: Elevating Women Birders with Tiffany Kersten
In the last episode of season 1, Charley & Ken welcome Tiffany Kersten to the show.
Tiffany is attempting become the youngest female birder to see 700 species of birds in one calendar year in the lower 48 states, while gifting personal safety alarm devices to women birders she meets during her travels.
Read more about it at: https://tiffanykersten.blogspot.com/
Support her trip: https://www.gofundme.com/f/birdie-big-year-elevating-women-birders
Check out her guiding page: https://www.facebook.com/natureninjabirding
Check her out on instagram https://www.instagram.com/tiff_k_13 or contact her by email : tiffanykersten@gmail.com
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Scaled Qualed recording courtesy of:
Julia Wittmann, XC435473. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/435473.
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Jul 23, 2021 • 1h
Epidode 49: Ken's Adventure on Montagne des Français, and an interview with Aubin Andriajaona
Charley & Ken chat about Charley's son's recent correspondence with the world's most famous wildlife documentarian, and about Ken's adventure in the dry forest of northern Madagascar. The second half of the episode is Ken interviewing Aubin Andriajaona, who manages a conservation and lemur research program. He's on the front lines of conservation, and tells about literally chasing down illegal woodcutters in the forest!
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Jul 16, 2021 • 52min
Episode 48: African Wild Dog adventures with Tarik Bodasing
Charley & Ken welcome Tarik Bodasing back to the show for the final episode in this 3-part series. This week we hear some stories about his work with African Wild Dogs.
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Wild Dog vocalizations curtesy of Brendan Whittington-Jones.
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Jul 9, 2021 • 1h 9min
Episode 47: Ken and Charley's Favorite Wildlife Destinations... for Food: Part 3
The guys finish a mini-series about the world's best destinations for both wildlife AND food. In this episode, they cover numbers 1-2 on Ken's list and #1 for Charley. Want to hear about the pot of beans that morphed into a strange and terrifying new lifeform? Check out this episode!
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This week's natural sound is an Indian Peafowl in Delhi, north India, by Mike Nelson from Xeno-Canto (XC116747 - https://www.xeno-canto.org/116747) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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