by Peter Rowland | Saturday, August 8, 2020 | Petition, SOS, Spidercrabs, Uncategorised, Underwater
SOS – Save Our Spidercrabs Image Credit: PT Hirschfield (www.pinktankscuba.com) From April to July each year, thousands of Australian Giant Spider Crabs moult in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, seeking safety in numbers while they are in such a vulnerable state....
by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | Albatross, Article, Australian Geographic, Bird Nerd, Birding, Birds, Magazine, Pelagic
All at Sea Issue 157 is the latest edition of the Australian Geographic Magazine to hit the shelves. In this issue my ‘Bird Nerd’ column is called ‘All at Sea’ and talks about pelagic birds and birding trips. The feature image is the...
by Peter Rowland | Friday, November 1, 2019 | Article, Bird Nerd, Birds, Cuckoos, Magazine, Writing
Around the Clock My ‘Bird Nerd’ column in the latest Australian Geographic Magazine (Issue 153) is all about those migrating cuckoos that call throughout the summer nights and keep the light sleepers amnogst us awake. Cuckoos are typically secretive birds,...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Article, Australian Geographic, Birds, Lake Eyre, Pelicans
Boom and Dust In issue 152 of Australian Geographic Magazine, my article is about the incredible breeding events that the flooding of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre triggers. For the majority of the time Australia’s inland is dusty and dry. Almost 20% of the continent is...
