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