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 Tiny riverbeds carved into my skin. A tender map, tracing smiles through the years. Every grin I’ve given, all the love I’ve known. Let them deepen gently still.
 Wrinkles not of aging, but of joy, etched across a lifetime. https://www.peacelovebirds.com/blog/lessons-from-a-juniper monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/949a3fdd-4964-4877-b70a-1009f85c3509/IMG_9388.jpg Blog - Lessons from a Juniper - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.peacelovebirds.com/blog/desert monthly 0.5 2023-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/66c7561e-77de-40c2-949b-23697a46e0a9/1FC714FB-E69C-4BE3-AE95-74BFCD2A1FD2.jpeg Blog - Desert - Make it stand out An Elegant Trogon regurgitates a fruit pellet, reseeding the next generation. Madera Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/8133d79a-8dfe-4575-aa2a-b60ff73f345b/3039C2D3-CFCC-4566-8601-6FB95AC06D43.jpeg Blog - Desert - Make it stand out Purple Prickly Pear cactus blooms in SW New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/db919126-3851-4caf-b4c9-c20400cc8270/3250E2F8-FC59-4509-8CA6-D41EE3100798.jpeg Blog - Desert - Make it stand out Arizona’s Cave Creek Canyon after a late spring snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/e3cd1ebf-15c5-46cc-863a-2660bd37a03b/A38226DF-5260-4C6B-B5F3-D2206EDEA61F.jpeg Blog - Desert - Make it stand out Black-tailed Jackrabbit highlighting its long, veiny, coolant system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/7e6f4530-1af3-4ac9-9189-7df3362d1fae/E824BE16-9082-46A2-9124-6F58DB5C70EF.jpeg Blog - Desert - Make it stand out A Painted Redstart flits about the changing Arizona Sycamore leaves. Madera Canyon, Arizona. https://www.peacelovebirds.com/blog/cycles monthly 0.5 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1673995320320-1B62BIIG7Z1KHDAJY2CI/E272DC2A-B7A8-4EA6-9FB2-1C5833621931.jpeg Blog - Cycles - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.peacelovebirds.com/blog/crane-song monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1586112387715-VR0E2C0MQ0G7H5O5AL9E/2N9A2975.jpg Blog - Crane Song https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1584982552769-GOPU8WSNR4LNWG0NKPLJ/IMG_7315.JPG Blog - Crane Song https://www.peacelovebirds.com/events-2 daily 0.75 2024-05-01 https://www.peacelovebirds.com/events-2/florida-the-south-the-keys-and-the-dry-tortugas monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://www.peacelovebirds.com/events-2/puerto-rico-endemics monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/a95f16e8-592e-4019-a0ce-77e1d77d3e7d/2N9A8684.jpg Tours - Puerto Rico Endemics - Make it stand out Discovered to science in 1968 and formally described in 1972 the Elfin-woods Warbler is high on every birder’s list of hoped-for species while in Puerto Rico. https://www.peacelovebirds.com/events-2/alaska-fall-migration-at-gambell-ext-st-paul-island monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/843f6872-e13d-4405-9f51-3b31cf74fb7d/7B5D0467-612F-47BF-8803-B7981E3FB77A.jpeg Tours - Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell - Make it stand out I was ecstatic to discover this Middendorf’s Grasshopper Warbler on my tour in 2021. I was even more surprised when it crawled out of the grasses and onto a mound of gravel for everyone to see! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/c97a0673-d073-4079-89bf-f96d3c1f759c/79B937F1-839E-4200-8B4D-A6EEFFA7F6A6.jpeg Tours - Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell - Make it stand out Raymond instructing folks on how to safely operate an ATV for birding. Photo: Matt Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/8462b765-e084-43e2-b43d-b57e0855b68b/8F360DEC-E97A-41E3-8869-E38A08415D33.jpeg Tours - Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell - Make it stand out The Famous Gambell Native Store, where we pump gas for our ATVs (our birding vehicles for the trip). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/55ff1e1d-1881-4826-8129-b00111148832/99AFEAF2-A852-4ABF-9FF5-FB2110B10336.jpeg Tours - Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell - Make it stand out One of three Siberian Accentors found on my 2021 tour. Gambell is probably the best place in the ABA to encounter this species, though it’s still never expected, and three individuals together was unbelievable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/83665817-6e7b-47ee-a156-8ce1b0e4c606/AB461D02-9BDF-423C-94EF-890C918C1036.jpeg Tours - Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell - Make it stand out A round pit house in the older section of the village. They no longer build houses like this in the community of Gambell. https://www.peacelovebirds.com/events-2/alaska-fall-migration-at-gambell-ext-st-paul-island-xm3wf monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/6c9413c3-26a7-444a-af49-c0026d67e075/2N9A7418.jpg Tours - Alaska: Pribilof Islands and Ross’s Gulls in Utqiagvik - Make it stand out Adored by visitors and despised by residents, the charismatic Arctic Foxes of St Paul Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/b8f89967-d951-4485-9b36-1e443b4686fb/IMG_8021.PNG Tours - Alaska: Pribilof Islands and Ross’s Gulls in Utqiagvik - Make it stand out A subadult Northern Fur Seal showing me who’s boss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/ab4f8ed3-262f-448a-a1c4-f7d0cb330936/ROGU.jpeg Tours - Alaska: Pribilof Islands and Ross’s Gulls in Utqiagvik - Make it stand out Ross’s Gull at Utqiagvik, AK. Photo by Luke Seitz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/803c2f60-6e99-47cf-b585-ad639a41b09b/2N9A7699.JPG Tours - Alaska: Pribilof Islands and Ross’s Gulls in Utqiagvik - Make it stand out A Horned Puffin hugs the breeding cliffs on a blustery morning in 2022. https://www.peacelovebirds.com/events-2/alaska-fall-migration-at-gambell-ext-st-paul-island-xm3wf-422lk monthly 0.5 2023-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1674759052293-ZDOYZKKRA83GP2V105JC/IMG_6083.jpg Tours - WINGS - Costa Rica in October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1674759047887-KOGX47ZAHGY6SFLI5IYK/20094F20-6FAB-4D55-A5EA-40148F09F664.jpg Tours - WINGS - Costa Rica in October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1674759032553-5ABKT3F6YOES88WL1OB9/2N9A9573.jpg Tours - WINGS - Costa Rica in October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1674759038638-9LNVS7905SSHS5XLQ8W6/2N9A9710.jpg Tours - 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New Mexico https://www.peacelovebirds.com/events-2-1/event-two-8lzka monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://www.peacelovebirds.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2024-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1584981760159-OIPKSTOPNI3FV7I6MHWL/2N9A3055.jpg Portfolio Autumn settles in at Bosque del Apache NWR. New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1673995320320-1B62BIIG7Z1KHDAJY2CI/E272DC2A-B7A8-4EA6-9FB2-1C5833621931.jpeg Portfolio A caribou skull deep in the Alaskan interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1584981815172-IM5TGUUBMDGDCELXTOPW/2N9A2975.jpg Portfolio Sandhill Cranes at Sundown. New Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1673995318454-8EC5Y4SZDENGUMM5L1BL/DDC933DB-3C5E-4DD2-A29F-9FC1B9EE531C.jpeg Portfolio A Smith's Longspur sings from a grassy mound in a remote patch of tundra in the Alaskan interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1584981845741-PN5UJ0C1UPPPCQLF69WE/2N9A3337.jpg Portfolio The calm before the snow storm. Thousands of Snow and Ross's Geese prepare to leave their nighttime roost for feeding grounds to the north. New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1673995338988-GZMYDY38PSU95QB5YVR1/7307CDB8-B172-4A20-8786-87D57F2B7A63.jpeg Portfolio There's no place like Nome. Aleutian Terns making themselves at home on the beach near the Nome River mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1584981878419-8LW0AYKYZWESSSWAO8MP/2N9A3466.jpg Portfolio "Beep Beep" - Greater Roadrunner. New Mexico's state bird! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1673995351790-QICID8FLXGLSW2O9QXLW/8307C233-68E4-482B-B14A-FBFF960156F9.jpeg Portfolio Northwestern Glacier, reachable only by a nearly 70-mile boat tour in Kenai Fjords NP. This is the preferred breeding habitat of the Kittlitz's Murrelet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1584981933923-4XAZ2XU3MHKCZ20WOSHL/IMG_7315.JPG Portfolio Lookout below! Sandhill Cranes at sundown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/cead7d57-e7d4-4a98-8e2b-e7a075c1fe85/2N9A2233.jpg Portfolio A King Eider bows his head to his Queen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1584981981280-ZKPPBC4762MQL2XU74I1/IMG_7409.JPG Portfolio Spread your wings. Sandhill Cranes at Bosque del Apache NWR. New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1673995299064-05VMV8L44M0TX9CNSTD8/79189624-B11A-4E08-A536-FA6F84655C05.jpeg Portfolio A Polar Bear scavenges a strip of blubber trapped below the sea ice on the Arctic Ocean. Photographed just outside Utqiagvik, Alaska, the northernmost community of humans in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1584982018631-DWJ7M47ZKDX823AEXG6U/IMG_7533.JPG Portfolio Hoo are you looking at? Great Horned Owl. Albuquerque, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1673995284983-RXGA2C4TZ39AJ4G8HNLI/545C8ABC-A1DC-4226-8E8D-C2FC7789E38D.jpeg Portfolio Muskox shedding its qivuit (inner wool layer). This warm inner layer of wool helps keep these incredible animals warm through the long northern winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1584982058282-Y0R3P6DRYCT14SJSJCHA/IMG_8353+2.JPG Portfolio "Hey Tom! No, not you, the other Tom. No, not you, the other Tom... ". Wild Turkeys displaying on the Ladder Ranch in southern New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1673995258407-MM14ZU24FM8DU8VDMODR/F6CDAA8E-0506-451B-A143-4B127B3E8288.jpeg Portfolio A Bristle-thighed Curlew on the remote tundra of the Seward Peninsula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1615070423252-N7XCDXTDUNBIVVDLV7G0/IMG_2749.jpg Portfolio A pod of transient Orcas in the process of killing a Gray Whale calf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/022936ce-73e3-4783-878d-569c8c60b812/AF7CC1EF-0C27-48A1-BBB2-ED236BF0D56C.jpeg Portfolio Sunrise from the Sandia Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1673995242896-T4K4EPUO34LW6FFJCZHB/207B576F-0C92-4DE2-B979-784EBE010260.jpeg Portfolio Good timing. A resident Orca leaps from the icy water of Resurrection Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/0e8da6c1-f809-4e95-9886-42122591b104/B3FFE2F8-45C6-47BE-8383-B4B2A96F8E17.jpeg Portfolio Red-naped Sapsuckers are a surprisingly difficult species to photograph well as much of the time they're dragging their bellies up a tree trunk, and buried in the branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/b8e0095f-6db5-4a49-bc54-71d4896a7a4b/2261E5DD-C54D-43FE-8B4B-4359A5F5B7D5.jpeg Portfolio Rainbow shoveler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/53ecfd2c-e515-4f5c-a926-9dc912c18fad/4DFBDFF8-BCF8-4D6F-B15F-43065D356FEE.jpeg Portfolio A top tier New Mexico sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/067db351-4e74-48cb-84ac-c6300cb3e246/DE6798F1-15B8-4347-8E9C-31BE00B80B2D.jpeg Portfolio Black-tailed Jackrabbit showing off its impressive ears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/250a5088-bb37-427f-90da-412a98fe4f58/202E552A-1A9A-4B29-8CFA-7F2FBCF6CE67.jpeg Portfolio It's a fabulous night for a moondance. Northern Flicker at the Melrose Migrant Trap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/7f911aa9-228d-4bf4-8d07-f5a8003ec984/C5363032-8F17-4811-A0D7-EF44C0B2C2AF.jpeg Portfolio Red Columbine illuminating the shadowy forest floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/0db4c167-98fd-4102-9129-84bfdbe65262/5146EBD7-5646-418A-B6AF-51DB2E42F8CB.jpeg Portfolio Mountain Bighorn Sheep in the alpine tundra along Santa Barabara Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/5163d10a-67ee-4104-a5d9-0d138cffe484/631D78D0-1291-4B4C-818C-0E76A524A67A.jpeg Portfolio "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." - Cheshire Cat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/60d61e91-40e3-45f8-b444-7107f66312e1/AC639613-F1FC-44A2-B178-4F3941FEB42A.jpeg Portfolio A storm rolls in across the alpine tundra of northern NM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/485b4fcf-81ae-4b0c-a2e9-f69a6189aed4/00C58263-FC7F-42C9-80C6-A107F702BA82.jpeg Portfolio They had a face only a Marmot could love. https://www.peacelovebirds.com/about daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/172ff605-7f35-46d7-8028-1b381819d6e3/IMG_8587.JPG About - RAYMOND VANBUSKIRK He/They Raymond’s love for the natural world was born in the pine forests of the Land of Enchantment. He is 33 years young and a native New Mexican. He’s spent much of his professional life following his dreams of creating a career based around birding. Raymond co-owns and operates BRANT Nature Tours, a New-Mexico-based nature travel company with a strong commitment to both environmental and social justice. His career experience also includes multiple ornithological field research positions, including two summers as a seabird research technician on the Arctic Ocean, head Rosy-Finch researcher with Rio Grande Bird Research Inc., past president of the Central New Mexico Audubon Society, board member of Western Field Ornithologists, ABA young birding camp instructor, and birding specialist for Leica Sport Optics. Raymond is a proud member of QBNA, the continent’s informal club for LGBTQIA+ members of the birding community. Raymond is a senior leader for WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide where he leads engaging birding tours all across this beautiful planet. https://www.peacelovebirds.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-12-11 https://www.peacelovebirds.com/qbnaitinerary daily 0.75 2023-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e78daa4477fff75b6e5f021/1665e9bc-6745-4377-8ac0-d2acbabf5aec/QBNA+logo.jpeg