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...
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 | Monday, October 14, 2019 | Australian Geographic, Books, Insects, Naturalist's Guide
Well, the insects book is finally out. The latest book in the 'Naturalist's Guide' series that I have worked on. This time my co-author was the wonderfully talented Rachel Whitlock. This book is an easy-to-use identification guide to the 292 species of insect most...
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...
