NatureWurks is happy to be able to offer our 2012 printed calendar as a free downloaded desktop wallpaper for your computer & mobile devices. Enjoy the beauty of NatureWurks‘s images with our new 2012 Desktop Wallpaper Calendar.  The best of NatureWurks that can be downloaded by you each month with different image and the current month. Highlighting on your computer the changing of the seasons with our breathtaking images of scenic and wildlife, these printed calendars have been collected by our friends for many years. Please click on the image below to download current month and your desired screen sizes. Thank you so much for your interest in my work and see YA next month!

I photographed this sunrise on the Blue Ridge Parkway just north of Asheville, North Carolina. The winter sunrises can produce such dramatic colors in the mountains of western North Carolina.

Enjoy the beauty of NatureWurks‘s images year round with our new 2012 Photo Wall Calendar. The wall calendar is printed on Premium Glossy Card Stock striving to make a calendar that brings the best of NatureWurks to you each month and later can be used as 12 framable prints. Highlighting the changing of the seasons with breathtaking photographs of scenic and wildlife, these calendars have been collected by our friends for many years. They make great gifts and add beauty to any home or office. Preview all twelve months below. 

Sunrise over Wildflowers on Roan Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Roan Mountain is the highpoint of the Roan-Unaka Range of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States. The mountain is clad in a dense stand of Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest, and includes the world’s largest natural rhododendron garden, and the longest stretch of grassy bald in the Appalachian range. The Cherokee National Forest and Pisgah National Forest converge atop the mountain, with Roan Mountain State Park located near its northern base. The Appalachian Trail crosses most of the Roan’s crest.

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Great Blue Heron in flight over Lake Mattamuskeet Wildlife Refuge  North Carolina

Lake Mattamuskeet is the location of Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge as well as surrounding public and private lands in eastern North Carolina are a major wintering site for waterfowl including ducks like northern pintail and green-wing teal, geese like Canada geese and Tundra swans.
Lake Mattamuskeet is the largest natural lake in North Carolina. The lake is a wetlands depression that fills with rain water and the natural runoff from the land around it. There are no underground springs or headwaters feeding into the huge lake. The lake bed is three to five feet below sea level.

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White-tailed Deers in Cades Cove of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cades Cove is a broad, verdant valley surrounded by mountains and is one of the most popular destinations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It offers some of the best opportunities for wildlife viewing in the park. Large numbers of white-tailed deer are frequently seen, and sightings of black bear, coyote, ground hog, turkey, raccoon, skunk, and other animals are also possible. All of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park is a haven for white tailed deer, but there is no better place to view deer than Cades Cove. Though timid, the deer have learned to tolerate motorist stopping along the Cades Cove loop to watch them browse. I photographed these two in the late evening with the last few rays of golden sunlight.

Meigs Falls Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is abound with the two ingredients essential for waterfalls—ample rainfall and an elevation gradient. In the Smokies high country, over 85” of rain falls on average each year. During wet years, peaks like Mt. Le Conte and Clingmans Dome receive over eight feet of rain. Large waterfalls attract the crowds, but smaller cascades and falls can be found on nearly every river and stream in the park.

Red Squirrel

Red squirrels can be easily identified from other North American tree squirrels by their smaller size, territorial behavior and reddish fur with a white venter (under-belly). Red squirrels are also somewhat larger than chipmunks. The red squirrel is most active in the early morning and the late afternoon. It is a solitary animal,  except for mothers and their young. The red squirrel makes its nests in a variety of places including hollows in the ground, in tree hollows, logs or crotches in trees. The red squirrel is very vocal and chatters, growls and screeches.