Piebald Muscovy Duck

 

 

Further miscellaneous avifauna

These coots were running across the water's surface, flapping their wings to keep slightly aloft-- interestingly, this kind of behavior may be how flight developed in their Mesozoic ancestors:

A cormorant drying its wings:

...and swimming away:

Western Bluebird:

Canada Geese:

Robin in its nest:

...and nibbling on algae:

Miscellaneous avifauna

Magellanic Penguins:

Rainbow Lorikeets:

American Wigeons: 

Pelicans:

Marine invertebrates

Flamboyant Cuttlefish:

Melibe, a sea slug:

Moon jellies: 

 

 

Iridescent berries

Iridescence is well-known in the animal kingdom (and has been around since at least dinosaur times), but this-- the African herb Pollia condensata-- seems to be the first known example of an iridescent plant:

From Not Exactly Rocket Science, which explains the physical basis and possible evolutionary significance of this phenomenon.