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