All photographs by Alan Starbuck
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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) resting on a street parkway
White Mariposa Lily (Catochortus venustus)
California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) resting on a buoy
Creek in the rainforest
Deer weed (Acmispon glaber var. glaber
Collarless poppy (Eschscholzia lemmonii)
An old log provides protection for Silver Carpet California aster while adding an natural element to the garden
California Morning Glory (Calystegia macrostegia ssp. intermedia
Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
Moss on a twig
Parry phaclia (Phacelia parryi)
Wild Hyacinth/Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum)
Closed section of Mt. Hollywood Drive in Griffith Park
Nature Garden at Los Angeles County Natural History Musuem
White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata)
California Sunflower (Encelia californica)
Boney Mountain overlooking Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa park
Narrow-leafed Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) greeting the Spring
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Salmon sculpture ‘swimming’ upstream
Black sage (Salvia mellifera)
Sara’s Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis sara) on a wild hyacinth (Dichelostemma capitatum)
Purple nightshade (Solanum xantii)
Purple nightshade (Solanum xantii)
Capilano Suspension Bridge
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) overlooking Los Angeles
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrichium)
Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri)
Wild Hyacinth (Dichelostemma capitatum)
California Barberry (Berberis pinnata) – Flowers and New Leaves
Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus)
Swarming ground-dwelling bees, perhaps of the miner bee family (Andrena species)
Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)
Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus)
Fluke of a Gray Whale (Echrichtius robustus) off Newport Beach
Seed pod – Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpa) )
Moss in the rainforest
Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea)
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
Dragonfly
Sugar Bush (Rhus ovata)
California bluebells (Phacelia minor)
Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus)
Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
A patch of laurel sumac, prickly pear cactus, California sunflowers and deerweed growing on a hillside
Elk (Cervus canadensis) resting in a meadow in Estes Park, Colorado
Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa park
Western Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris)
Dew drops on long leaf bush lupine (Lupinus longifolius)
Long Leaf Bush Lupine (Lupinus longifolius)
Canyon view in Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa park
Purple Needlegrass (Stipa pulchra)
Wooly bear, a caterpillar of a tiger moth species
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica
Island Snapdragon (Galvezia speciosa) and California Barberry (Berberis pinnata)
Deer weed (Acmispon glaber var. glaber
California sunflower (Encelia californica)
Early morning spider web
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) making an surprise appearance
Hornworm, caterpillar of White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata)
Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpa)
Moss reclaims a tree stump in the British Columbia rainforest
California Goldenrod (Solidago californica) and flamingo (plasticia fakium)
Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
Madonna Too Iris — a hybrid of the Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana), a California native
California Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium califoricum or P. beneolens)
Ceanothus flowers, either big pod ceanothus (Ceanothus megacarpus) or greenbark ceanothus (C. spinosus)
Western Hemlock twig on a moss cover branch
Gray Whale (Echrichtius robustus) off Newport Beach
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
Tree Canopy Walk at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
California Four O’clock (Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
Canyon sunflower (Venegasia carpesioides)
Concrete Chaparral 