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