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