A tiny, tiny wasp, a mere fraction of the size of the late summer, picnic-interrupting wasp types. Identified, by the pattern-recognition software of iNaturalist, as an Exallonyx species.
Younger elder berries
Elderberries, hanging heavy as they ripened.
Hornet mimic hover fly, thistle flower
A hornet mimic hver fly feeding on a thistle flower, and standing where I got a less than clear view wherever I moved
Flowering currant, ripening
The fruit ripening on a flowering current, a gardening shrub. These were on a shrub in a front garden.
Anting: magpie, Barley Field
A young magpie at the edge of one of the Barley Field paths, spreading its feathers widely as it presses its body to the ground. It’s anting: encouraging ants to climb over tis feathers, possibly to control parasites.
Staghorn sumac: bright red
The flowers on a staghorn sumac, bright red.