by Peter Rowland | Monday, July 1, 2019 | Article, Australian Geographic, Bird Nerd, Birds, Honeyeaters, Magazine
On the Brink (Regent Honeyeater) My third 'Bird Nerd' column in the 151st edition of the awesome Australian Geographic Magazine is now available. This article is called 'On the Brink', and discusses the plight of Australia's rarest honeyeater, the critically...
by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, May 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 | Friday, March 1, 2019 | Article, Australian Geographic, Bird Nerd, Birds, Magazine, Shorebirds
My first of (hopefully) many regular articles for my 'Bird Nerd' column in the awesome Australian Geographic Magazine is now available. This article is called 'A Shore Thing' and is about shorebird and human interactions on our beaches and the shores of our wetlands....
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 15, 2018 | Australia, Australian Geographic, Books, Frogs, Naturalist's Guide
This "easy-to-use identification guide to Australia’s 247 frog species and subspecies" is now out! I had the pleasure of working on this guide with Scott Eipper of Nature 4 You Wildlife Demonstrations. I worked with Scott on one of my previous titles, A Naturalist's...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, September 6, 2018 | Australia, Australian Geographic, Birds, Books, Megaspots
After many years of research and a fast-paced 18 months of compiling information, fact checking and tracking down missing images, this labour of love has now hit the shelves. Well, it was supposed to hit the shelves in August, but Australian copies were delayed by a...