Ian Sheldon, Chris Fisher, Nancy Baron, Eleanor M. Kish, Andy Bezener, Dale Russell
Nominations
Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
Books
Bugs of Alberta, Birds of Alberta, Deep Alberta, Bugs of Ontario, Ladybugs of Alberta: Finding th
John acorn nature nut 1996 tv series intro promo
John Acorn, also known as The Nature Nut, is a naturalist who is known for his inspiring personality and infectious love of nature. He is a local Edmonton celebrity, combining folk music with educational lyrics about the natural world. 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.
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. Acorn's personality was expertly captured in this series, expressed through 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.
Episode Titles
Anoles
Ants
There's nothing wrong with frogs.
Ants
Aquarium fishes
Arizona Arachnids
Autumn
Bats
Beetles in the rain forest
Big wet rodents
Bird boxes
Butterflies
Carabids
Caterpillars
Chameleons
Click Beetles
Coral Reefs
Costa Rican butterflies
Digger wasps in the rainforest
Don't forget to write
Dragonflies
Dunes
Fatheads and Fish watchers
Flies
Fossils
Frogs
Geckos
Grasshoppers
Hawaiian Herpetilies
house bugs
How to Snorkel
Hummingbirds
Ladybugs
Life under the microscope
Lizards
Lowland Hawaii
Man eating bugs
Monsters
Moths
Mountains
Mushrooms
Nature home movies
Nature optics
Nature TV
Night bugging
Oaks and Saguaros
Odd Mammal house pets
Peregrines
Pet reptiles and amphibians
Pot Pourri
Praying mantis (mantids)
Pronghorns
Rabbits and Hares
Salamanders
Scanning microscopes
Scarabs
Skinks
Snails and Slugs
Snakes
Spring migration
Squirrels
Tide pools
Tiger beetles
Tracks in the snow
Trout
Turtles
Undaloofs
Under the ice
Vortex
Waterbugs and beetles
Wild flowers
Winter birds
Worms
Yuccas and Yucca moths
Zoos
Bees and Wasps
Crocodilians
Florida Springs
Intertidal Hawaii
Monarch butterflies
Owls
Predators on the prairies
Spiders, Scorpions
True bugs
Upland Hawaii
Water striders
Winter snoozy
Woodpeckers
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 of Washington and Oregon (Authored with Ian Sheldon)
Butterflies of Alberta
Butterflies of British Columbia (Authored with Ian Sheldon)
Compact Guide to Alberta Birds (Authored with Chris Fisher and Andy Bezener)
Damselflies of Alberta: Flying Neon Toothpicks in the Grass
Deep Alberta: Fossil Facts and Dinosaur Digs
Ladybugs of Alberta: Finding the Spots and Connecting the Dots
Tiger Beetles of Alberta: Killers on the Clay, Stalkers on the Sand
Awards
2013 Medal of Honor, Entomological Foundation
2012 Royal Society of Canada McNeil Medal
2008 NSERC Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion
2006 Canadian Society of Zoologists
2005 Distinguished Alumni Award. University of Alberta
2003 The Entomological Society of Alberta
2000 Emerald Award of Interpretation Canada for Gallery Videos at the Royal Tyrell Museum
1998 ALBERTA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ASTech excellence in science & technology journalism
1998 GEMINI AWARD nomination
1996 GEMINI AWARD nomination
1997 AMPIA AWARD, Alberta Motion Picture industry awards.
1997 Edmonton Nature Centre Foundation
1997 Calgary Zoo, Pachyderm Award
1995 AMPIA AWARD, Alberta Motion Picture Industries Awards
