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