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