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Kea (or Nestor Notabilis) are the only real alpine parrots in the world. They live above the tree line in alpine and high country regions of New Zealand’s South Island and famous for their curiosity and intelligence.

The Kea’s strong desire to explore makes them an attraction for tourists, however their curiosity often comes with damage to bags, boots, cars and everything else they find interesting. In order to get to the food, Kea are capable of working as a group and solve simple logical puzzles – break here, pull there, steal that.

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It has been 12 months since I started publishing free monthly wallpaper calendars and I believe it is a good time to bring it to the next level. Starting from now, I will be posting 12 wallpapers:  one new and 11 from previous months.

All wallpapers are now available at https://www.yktravelphoto.com/wallpapers/, but I will continue announcing new wallpapers in this blog.

Download this and other free desktop wallpaper calendars here!

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Are you tired of dark and blue calendars? I am! Lets try something else and add some contrast! For July 2010, I’ve selected a sunset photo from Lake Tekapo, which lies in the valley created by retreating glacier about 12000 years ago. Amazing place, I’ve been there twice already and planning to come again!

Download your copy for your screen size here: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1600×1200, 1920×1200, 1920×1440

As usual, feel free to distribute!

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Last trip to Kiwiland was an absolute success – just in 4 days, we’ve managed to visit lakes Tekapo, Pukaki, Wanaka and Wakatipu. With lots of snow around, views were absolutely different to ones we saw a month ago.

Two photos of Lake Tekapo above were taken 1 month and 3 days apart. I now feel obliged to come back to the same place again in spring and summer. Click on the image to see larger version.