Acorn Designs
Products by Acorn Designs
The following products include artwork and/or writing by Acorn Designs. Most products are a collaboration of the wonderful artists and writers who have contributed to Acorn Designs over the years.
No other birds are so superbly adapted for water than the penguin. Their countershading; dark above, light below, serves as a natural camoflage. Their wings, now useless for flight, have become flippers. Penguins hunt for food where the shoals of plankton and small fish are thickest, from just below the surface to 50-60 feet below…
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Will they be saved, these intelligent, cooperative beings so full of the Earth’s peace and ancient dignity?
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These long-lived animals are fearless hunters. Their strength and ability to stalk without being seen make them great predators. Alligators and their crocodilian relatives are threatened from hunters to satisfy human demand for products from crocodilian skins. Loss of habitat has also taken its toll on alligator populations. Human development, new roads, bridges and dams…
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Avocets are stikingly handsome long-legged wading birds with a long slender upcurled bill. They are perhaps the most graceful of all the shorebirds. They livi in and around saline marshes. Their former range included much of North America. Avocets often feed in flocks , from 12-300, walking slowly shoulder to shoulder, at each step they…
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Common animal tracks includes wolf, white-tailed deer, skunk, opposum, raccoon, mallard duck, grey squirrel, cottontail rabbit, grey fox, beaver, and white-footed mouse.
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This bright yellow slug is found throughout the moist forests of the Pacific coast. Growing to a maximum size of 10 inches long and a quarter pound in weight, the banana slug is the second largest slug in the world. The large opening on the mantle is called a pneumostone, which leads to a simple…
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* Each design is printed on 100% unbleached recycled paper (50% post-consumer minimum) * Contains 50 tear-off sheets (51/2″ by 81/2″) * Each design is printed with vegetable oil-based inks * These images are about 2″ tall or wide and appear atop the notepad unless otherwise indicated Made in the USA
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Bighorn sheep are found in the Rocky Mountains from southern Canada to Colorado; a desert subspecies ranges from Nevada to California to west Texas and south into Mexico. Bighorns inhabit alpine meadows, grassy mountain slopes, and foothill country near rugged, rocky cliffs and bluffs. They climb cliff faces with amazing ease, using tiny ledges for…
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* Each design is printed on 100% unbleached recycled paper (50% post-consumer minimum) * Contains 50 tear-off sheets (51/2″ by 81/2″) * Each design is printed with vegetable oil-based inks * These images are about 2″ tall or wide and appear atop the notepad unless otherwise indicated Made in the USA
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These inquisitve, always on the go little birds inhabit deciduous and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests. Chickadess flit from branch to branch as they search for their food, primarily insect eggs and larvae. They also enjoy seeds of conifers and a variety of wild fruit.
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The Blue Whale is the largest creature on earth, measuring up to 100 feet in length and weighing up to 150 tons! Like all baleen whales, the blue whale is a filter feeder. Each spring blue whales head north to rich polar grounds, where they find krill, tiny shrimp-like crustaceons, which are the bulk of…
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Bottlenosed dolphins are streamlined swimmers with a gentle nature and grinning mouth. They are found in warm waters worldwide, often close to shore or in bays and lagoons. Dolphins may even venture up larger rivers. These dolphins are sometimes found in the company of larger whales and are unafraid of humans,coming readily to ships ,…
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* Each design is printed on 100% unbleached recycled paper (50% post-consumer minimum) * Contains 50 tear-off sheets (51/2″ by 81/2″) * Each design is printed with vegetable oil-based inks * These images are about 2″ tall or wide and appear atop the notepad unless otherwise indicated Made in the USA
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As the largest bird in North America, California Condors possess an impressive 91/2 foot wingspan, an average weight of 20 pounds, and a longevity of 60 years. Condors are a highly intelligent and social bird, inquisitive and playful. They have keen eyesight and fly up to 150 miles in search of carrion, preferring carcasses of…
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These majestic birds mate for life…up to 20 years or longer! Newborn Canada geese are swimming within 24 hours of hatching and feed continuously to attain growth for their upcoming southward journey.
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* Each design is printed on 100% unbleached recycled paper (50% post-consumer minimum) * Contains 50 tear-off sheets (51/2" by 81/2") * Each design is printed with vegetable oil-based inks * These images are about 2" tall or wide and appear atop the notepad unless otherwise indicated Made in the USA
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