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