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