John Acorn
John Acorn is a Canadian naturalist. He is a lecturer at the University of Alberta, a research associate at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, and a research associate at the E.H. Strickland Entomology Museum. He is also a local Edmonton celebrity, combining folk music with educational lyrics about the natural world. Television series John Acorn became publicly known for his television series Acorn, the Nature Nut. 88 episodes were produced, each focusing on a different aspect of the natural world, and which featured folk songs, whimsical descriptions like Flying Neon Toothpicks in the Grass, and characters like Skibibad Windfield. He was also the host of Twits and Pishers a series about birdwatching that ran for two seasons on the Discovery Channel. Acorn also appears in recorded displays at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. Publications Birds of Alberta (Authored with Chris C. Fisher and Gary Ross) Birds of Coastal British Columbia (Authored with Nancy Baron and Ted Nordhagen) Birds of the Pacific Northwest Coast (Authored with Nancy Baron) Bugs of Alberta (Authored with Ian Sheldon) Bugs of British Columbia (Authored with Ian Sheldon) Bugs of Northern California (Authored with Ian Sheldon) Bugs of Ontario (Authored with Ian Sheldon) Bugs