Delaware Sea Grant College Program
Newark, DE 19716 USA
Phone: 302-831-8083
E-mail: marinecom@udel.edu
Desktop Calendar Wallpaper - June 2010
With the 2010 Delaware Sea Grant and College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment online calendar, you can bring the beauty of Delaware’s coastal resources to your computer screen. In addition to scenic wallpaper for each month, check out the list of notable dates as well as environmental facts, tips, and web links.
On the Lookout
An American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) patrols the marsh. This large shorebird is named for its ability to insert its long, bladelike bill into mussels, clams, oysters, and other shellfish, cutting the bivalves’ powerful muscles before the shells can close. Oystercatchers also feed on barnacles, snails, and fiddler crabs.
Oystercatchers were once abundant along the entire Atlantic coast, but hunting and egg collecting during the 1800s severely depleted their numbers. Today, habitat loss, human disturbance, pollution, sea level rise, and nest predation by raccoons, gulls, feral cats, and other animals keep oystercatcher populations at relatively low levels. The East Coast is home to only about 11,000 of the birds and Delaware lists the oystercatcher as an endangered species.
Photo by Matthew Amey
5 – World Environment Day
As our nation’s coastal regions grow, competing demands put pressure on natural resources. Find out how Delaware Sea Grant is helping communities make wise land-use planning decisions that help protect the environment.
6 – University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment turns 40
Created in 1970 as the College of Marine Studies, the college united programs in aquaculture, ocean engineering, and marine geology. Today the college houses the departments of Geological Sciences and Geography as well as the School of Marine Science and Policy.
6 – Rip Current Awareness Week begins
The NOAA-sponsored week reminds beachgoers to be alert for dangerous rip currents, powerful rivers of water running out to sea from the shore.
8 – World Oceans Day
Discover 10 things you can do to help our ocean with Delaware Sea Grant’s pocket-sized web card.
20 – Father’s Day
The “World’s Best Dad” title could go to the male seahorse, which carries his mate’s eggs to term after she places them in his pouch.
21 – First day of summer
Spend a summer day on a free guided tour of the University of Delaware’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus, the place many of our researchers call home. To learn more, call 302-645-4346.
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Miss a month? Go to our 2010 wallpaper download archive, and learn when the next month is posted by subscribing to our desktop calendar RSS feed.
Download Instructions
Note: Once you have downloaded your wallpaper, you can fine-tune its appearance using your computer's desktop preferences menu (i.e. whether the image is centered, tiled, stretched to fit the screen, etc.).
Step 1.
Click on the link below the image of the month representing the size that you are interested in. This will open the image in its own window.
Step 2 For PC users:
1. Position your cursor over the image.
2. Click the right mouse button.
3. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer (v. 6.0 or higher), select "Set as Background" from the popup menu.
Step 2 For Mac users:
OSX: Drag the image onto your desktop.
Go to System Preferences and open the "Desktop & Screen Saver" icon.
Under the "Desktop" heading, use the file navigator to add the image to the library.
OS9: Drag the image onto your desktop.
Go to your Control Panel and select "Appearance."
Click "Set desktop" and choose your new image.
