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climbing false buckwheat

November 8, 2016 by Dave Bonta

A female cardinal gleans seeds from a false buckwheat vine, dangling upside-down, fluttering in mid-air—as acrobatic as any chickadee.

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August 30, 2016 by Dave Bonta

Five cabbage whites gadding about in the garden draw my attention to a tangle of crested buckwheat, red stems threaded through the bergamot.

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