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