Photo of the Day: St. John's Wort

Gordon Koizumi captured this photo of St. John's Wort in bloom:

July / August Newsletter

Catch up on the latest news from FNA, including updates from our interns and a full report from the picnic in June!

Photo:  Tom Peterson & butterfly walk participants, July 7, 2011

Photo of the Day: Starry Campion

Thanks to Fermilab employee & FNA member Gordon Koizumi for this photo of starry campion (July 22):

Photo of the Day: Red Milkweed Beetle

From the prairie, Gordon Koizumi's photo of a red milkweed beetle:

July Desktop Calendar

Enjoy scenes of Fermilab's natural areas on your computer desktop! Here are instructions for downloading & installing the July 2011 calendar pictured below onto your computer:

1. Click the image above to open in a new browser window (or tab).

2. Right-click (or ctrl-click for some Mac users) on the image, and chose the option that says, "Set Picture as", (or similar words; the exact wording will depend on your internet browser) and save to your desktop. On your desktop, right click “Properties” and select the “Desktop” tab. Click “Browse” and navigate to the saved image on your desktop. Select it & click “Open.” On the “Display Properties” dialogue box, click “OK.”

3. If the image does not fit your desktop background neatly, you may have to go to your preference screen (on a Mac: System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Desktop; or on Windows: Control Panel > Display > Desktop) and choose "Fit to screen" as the display mode of your background image.

FNA will make a new desktop calendar available each month. If you'd like to share photographs for future calendars or the FNA newsletter, send us a note at fermilabnaturalareas@gmail.com.