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