by Peter Rowland | Thursday, May 14, 2020 | Article, Australian Geographic, Backyard, Bird Nerd, Birds, Magazine, Writing
Backyard Birding The May/June 2020 edition of my Bird Nerd column in the wonderful Australian Geographic Magazine is called "Backyard Birding". It talks about the movements of the backyard birds that we see from the comfort of our own homes (more so during the...
by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | Bushfire, Environment, New South Wales, Victoria, Wildlife
Bushfire Recovery Help Me Support the Recovery of Australia's Wildlife Following the Recent Devastating Bushfire Season... We have had one of the worst bushfire seasons on record. I have been chatting to Conservation Volunteers Australia recently about the great work...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Article, Australian Geographic, Bird Nerd, Bushfire, fire, Photography
The March/April 2020 edition of my 'Bird Nerd' column in the wonderful Australian Geographic Magazine is now available. This article is called 'Fire: Friend and Foe', and talks about the impacts that bushfires, including the recent devastating 2019/2020 fires in Vic,...
by Peter Rowland | Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Australia, Australian Geographic, Books, Butterflies, Insects, Naturalist's Guide, Wildlife
All of the writing, image selections, design and proofing has been finished and my new butterflies book is off to the printers. The expected release date is October 2020, but I will keep you posted. This is the latest book in the Australian 'Naturalist's Guide' series...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, December 23, 2019 | Article, Australian Geographic, Bird Nerd, Magazine, Writing
My recent 'Bird Nerd' column in the January/Febraury 2020 edition of the awesome Australian Geographic Magazine is about bird names. This article is called 'What's in a Name?', and talks about the binomial system developed by Swedish Naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the...