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