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