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