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