by Peter Rowland | Thursday, May 14, 2020 | Article, Australian Geographic, Backyard, Bird Nerd, Birds, Magazine, Writing
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 restrictions imposed due...
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...
by Peter Rowland | Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Article, Australian Geographic, Bird Nerd, Birds, Bowerbirds, Magazine, Writing
My second 'Bird Nerd' column in the 150th edition of the awesome Australian Geographic Magazine is now available. This article is called 'Trash or Treasure?' and discusses the incredible bower-building activities of the male bowerbirds. Bowers can come in a few...
by Peter Rowland | Saturday, December 15, 2018 | Birds, Books, Interview, Victoria, Writing
Interview with Australian Music Icon - Shane Howard After the (official) book launch of Australia's Birdwatching Megaspots at BLARNEY BOOKS & ART in Port Fairy, I took a few minutes to interview our very special guest Shane Howard, one of Australia's true music...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, August 30, 2018 | Australia, Australian Geographic, Books, Dangerous, Naturalist's Guide, Wildlife, Writing
The Naturalist's Guide to Dangerous Creatures of Australia book has now been released. I have had the great pleasure of working on this guide with Scott Eipper of Nature 4 You Wildlife Demonstrations. Scott has been a great help on some of my previous books, donating...
