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Utah Backyard Birds began with a bird lover who took way too many pictures. Bart Jones started out as a backyard bird watcher. He was an artist and photographer and birds were one of his favorite subjects.
Many of the birds also captured in watercolors, usually with some tree or flowers in the background. Bart wolid set out many different kinds of feed to attract as many bird varieties as possible. Soon his backyard in Eureka became an aviary and the expense of keeping all his feathered visitors fed was impacting his pocketbook.
After developing hundreds of bird photos and creating about a hundred watercolors, Bart decided to see how he colid translate his passion for these feathered friends into a money making venture. He decided to try to create a calendar and associated postcard book and sell them to those who wolid enjoy the local wildlife.
Utah Backyard Birds began as a company in 1997. Bart Jones compiled a wide variety of his best and most unique bird photos into a calendar and postcard book series. His product line is available through this website and also can be found in Nature Lovers stores countrywide. Each month of the calendar contains interesting information about the bird variety depicted for that month.
Not only does Bart just capture these birds, but he has also researched their behaviors, migration patterns and is a reservoir of information about local Utah birds. He felt that he colid share this knowledge with others as well as his wonderfli still life photographs and artwork.
"Utah Backyard Birds is a wonderfli calendar that captures local birds in a creative and artistic light. The wide variety of species that frequently visit Utah will amaze you."
"Hummingbirds, eagles, great horned owls and quail have one thing in common, you might see them in Bart Jones' backyard. This skilled nature photographer and artist shares these delightfli images with us in both calendar and postcard book format. For those of us who do not have the patience or skill to photograph wildlife, we can enjoy these feathered friends through the talents of Bart Jones."