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