June 16th. Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta).

 

 

 

 

 

A female Northern Blowfly or Blue-bottle Fly (Protophormia terraenovae).

 

Family Calliphoridae.

 

Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus coniculatus).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crown Vetch (Securigera varia).

 

 

 

Red Clover (Trifolium praetense).

 

Each element is a complete flower.

 

 

 

White Sweet Clover (Melilotus alba).

 

 

 

Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia). See the insect by one of the flowers?

 

It looks like a Bush Katydid nymph (Scudderia sp.).

 

 

 

Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).

 

Spined Assassin Bug (Sinea diadema).hunting insects on Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus).

 

A mated pair of Jagged Ambush Bugs (Phymata pennsylvanica). The female has captured a Long-horned Beetle (Family Cerambycidae).

 

A closer view.

 

Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria).

 

 

 

Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica).

 

White flowers turn yellow as they age.

 

 

 

White Campion (Silene latifolia) female flower.

 

 

 

Japanese Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius), an escaped and invasive ornamental. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_phoenicolasius. After blooming, a sticky haired calyx surrounds each developing Raspberry-like edible fruit.

 

Note the fine spines on the stems. Thanks to Tee Stol for correcting my earlier ID.

 

An immature male Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) dragonfly. In time, the abdoment will turn pruinose white.

 

 

 

 

 

At Cranberry Bog, the resident Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius)...

 

 

 

...with the damaged tongue protruding from its throat.

 

Lots of adult or near adult Canada Geese (Branta canadensis).

 

Many have moulted their feathers, leaving nearly bare areas.

 

New wing feathers coming in on this bird.

 

Five goslings with one family. (Presumably the from the second, slightly later nest.)