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