Free Desktop Wallpaper for April 2014

As a little bonus for my friends and followers every month I provide a free image for use as your desktop background wallpaper on your computer, mobile phone, or tablet. Each beautiful photo is a picture that I have created and it always includes a calendar overlay for the month. I know that I’m always looking for a calendar and having one on my desktop or phone wallpaper is very convenient!

Even though we’re in the middle of yet another icy blast of winter, the signs of spring are showing up faster and faster every day in Calgary. We saw our first Robin of the year the other day, and a massive flock of European Starlings flew over our house on Sunday. The Canadian Tire flyer is full of garden tools and outdoor furniture. Put all of these together and surely spring will be here very soon!

One of my favorite things to see and do in the spring is to go out into the countryside surrounding Calgary to search for Mountain Bluebirds. These beautiful creatures can often be found near any one of the hundreds (thousands?) of bluebird boxes that are attached to fences all around Alberta. I have had particular success in finding them south of the city near Spruce Meadows.

As with many bird species, male and female Mountain Bluebirds are strikingly different. Although they are essentially the same size and shape, the males are completely covered in brilliantly colored iridescent blue feathers, while the females are largely a muted gray color with only a splash of blue on their wings. They are still very beautiful but in a much more subtle way.

To install the image as your desktop background, simply click on the link below that corresponds to the file resolution you would like to use. When the larger image appears in your browser window right-click on the picture and select “Set as Desktop Background…”.

For some browsers (Google Chrome for sure) you may have to choose “Save As…” to copy the image to your desktop first. You can then right-click on the file on your desktop and choose “Set as Desktop Background…”.