
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
Photo Galleries: https://www.ken-behrens.com/naturally-adventurous-podcast
Latest episodes

Sep 10, 2023 • 56min
S4E06: Newfoundland with Ken & Charley
Ken tells Charley about his family road trip up to Newfoundland.
Blackpoll Warbler recording courtesy of Martin St-Michel, XC467689. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/467689. 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: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com
Naturally Adventurous Podcast

Sep 3, 2023 • 39min
S4E05: Fiji with Charley & Ken
Charley & Ken chat about Charley's recent trip to Fiji and hear about his Top 5 bird sightings.
Orange Dove recording courtesy of Matthias Feuersenger, XC109064. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/109064. 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: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

Aug 26, 2023 • 43min
S4E04: Uganda with Prossy
Ken interviews Prossy, his local guide in Uganda.
Papyrus Gonolek recording courtesy of Martin St-Michel, XC252286. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/252286. 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: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

Aug 20, 2023 • 1h 3min
S4E03: Discovering a new bird species in Colombia with Peter Kaestner
Charley interviews the world's top international birder, Peter Kaestner. Peter tells us the story of how he found a new species to science in Colombia back in 1989.
Cundinamarca Antpitta recording courtesy of Peter Kaestner.
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

Aug 13, 2023 • 26min
S4E02: Borneo with Adrian Loong
Charley interviews his local guide Adrian Loong about Borneo and his career in guiding.
Whitehead's Trogon recording courtesy of Kim Chuah Lim, XC792910. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/792910. 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: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

Aug 6, 2023 • 41min
S4E01: Writing books with Charley & Ken
Charley & Ken kick off season 4 with a chat about the process of writing books.
African Paradise-Flycactcher recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC300756. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/300756. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 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: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

Jul 16, 2023 • 53min
S3E50: Paraguay with Angus Pritchard
Charley interviews Angus Pritchard about his recent trip to Paraguay.
Find Angus at:
https://www.facebook.com/angus.pritchard.397
Bare-throated Bellbird recording courtesy of Guillermo Menéndez (gmmv80), XC448305. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/448305. 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: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

Jul 9, 2023 • 46min
S3E49: Big year and beyond with Tiffany Kersten
Charley interviews record-breaking Big Year birder Tiffany Kersten about how it all went down and what she has been up to since then.
Find Tiffany at:
https://www.facebook.com/tiffany.kersten
https://www.facebook.com/natureninjabirding/
Bat Falcon recording courtesy of Peter Boesman, XC223021. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/223021. License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 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: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding

Jul 2, 2023 • 46min
S3E48: Mammal Watching with Charles Foley & Jon Hall
Charley interviews Charles Foley & Jon Hall, co-hosts of the 'Mammal Watching' podcast.
Hippo recording courtesy of Charles Foley.
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

Jun 25, 2023 • 38min
S3E47: Ken interviews Alison Világ - Part 2: (Nearly) Marooned on a Superior Island
Ken interviews Alison Világ about migration counting, adventures around the United States, and how to become a good writer.
Follow Alison at the following links:
https://www.facebook.com/alison.vilag
https://www.instagram.com/boreal_vagabond/
http://passagemigrant.com/
Long-tailed Duck recording courtesy of our friend Andrew Spencer, XC203476. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/203476.
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: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com
Naturally Adventurous Podcast
Travel Nature Adventure Birding