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