Wildlife Images

Although my greatest passion is bird photography, I love all nature and wildlife photography. Whenever I am on a trip I always carry a range of camera bodies and lenses so that I can capture all parts of the living world around me – whenever the opportunity arises.

 

A Swamp Wallaby standing in a grassy clearing. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A male scarlet robin searching for food on the ground. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
An Eastern Water Dragon basking on a low, thick branch over the water. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Hybrid Pacific Black Duck and Mallard preening on the surface of a pond with water lilies in background and reflection in water. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Stephen's Banded Snake lightly coiled on the bush floor. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A vagrant White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) sheltering behind seaweed in a sand scrape on a beach. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A pair of Cape Barren Geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) walking on green grassy hill with ocean in background. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) seizing pilchard in flight, with head in upside-down position. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Magnificent Tree Frog (Litoria splendida) climbing a rippled piece of wood. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A female Saltwater or Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) on a muddy bank in the mangroves. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Satin Bowerbird Bower with assorted blue decorations. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Albino Northern Carpet Python on fallen tree trunk. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Bare-nosed or Common Wombat on the bush floor coming into a clearing. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Male Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) perched on barbed wire fence and surrounded by grass seeds. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Rufous Bettong on leafy ground. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Spinifex Hopping-mouse (Notomys alexis) foraging amongst leaves on sandy desert ground. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Green Catbird perched on the ground in a rainforest. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) feeding in shallow wetland. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Purple-backed Fairywren perched on a thin branch. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Comb-crested Jacana standing in water lily pad surrounded by water-liles. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) sleeping in fork of tree, holding on with one paw. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Southern Bell or Growling Grass Frog (Litoria raniformis) on a pond surface
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) perched on tree stump. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Male Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii) perching on thin dead branch of tree. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Barred Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina lineata) feeding on red fruits of fig tree. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A European Honeybee drinking from a fountain. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Dingo looking at the camera after feeding on a dead kangaroo carcass. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
White-headed (or Pied) Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) coming in to land in shallow wetland with wings outstretched and reflection in water. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Rainbow Lorikeet among rich red flowers. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) feather lying on ground, surrounded by dead leaves and gum nuts. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Close up of eye of a young Freshwater (or Johnston's) Crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni). [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) perched on mossy log with grasshopper or cricket in its beak. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) standing on sandy seaweed mound on beach. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) perching on the branch of a tree with green leaves in the background. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
European Honeybee (Apis melifera) hanging upside down while pollinating a blue flower. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus) on rock shelf. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) feeding on the surface of a pond with floating pond weed and green plants in background. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Galah playing next to a sprinkler system. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus) perched on dead branch next to Murray River in early morning sunlight. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Three Long-billed Corellas (Cacatua tenuirostris) feeding on green grassy ground. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Female Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii) foraging for food on rainforest floor. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) perched on bare ground with green leaves in the background. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Peron's Tree Frog (Litoria peronii) hiding among the leaves of a Happy Plant. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) sitting on the surface of a pond, with reflections in water. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) walking on bare ground by the side of a road. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii) sitting on a branch in the forest. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Cruiser Butterfly perched on a large green leaf. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti) in a small clearing among the grass. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A male Japanese Macaque leaning on a tree at Arashiyama Japan. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) in flight carrying a small fish in its bill. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) standing in shallow wetland with full body reflection in water. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) gliding over the surface of the ocean. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Close up of Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera) sitting on rocky ground. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) sitting on red-brown rock near ocean. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) perching on low dead branch with green leaves in the background. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) taking off from shallow water of wetland. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Border Thick-tailed Gecko (Uvidicolus sphyrurus) clinging to dead fallen tree trunk. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Close up macro image of the head and eye of a Kristin's Spiny-tailed Gecko (Stophurus krisalys). [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A pair of Little Corellas (Cacatua sanguinea) perched in a box tree. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Immature Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) foraging on the ground in the rain. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Australian Sea-lion (Neophoca cinerea) scratching itself with its rear flipper on sandy beach. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
[Golden Phase] Common Brush-tailed Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) hanging upside down from a tree branch with leaf litter below. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) perching on thin leafy bush. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) in flight. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Shingleback (Tiliqua rugosa) lizard on ground with blue tongue sticking out. Seen near Dryandra Woodland Western Australia. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
A Peron's Tree Frog on a leaf. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps) basking on rock with flowering shrubs in background. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis) hunting low over a field. [Photographed by Peter Rowland]

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