tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post4607927896151208440..comments2023-12-25T14:00:45.830+02:00Comments on the maX files: For the birdsMax-ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262963488938958848noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-11759711472658077202008-12-19T20:19:00.000+02:002008-12-19T20:19:00.000+02:00Your blog really made me think. The picture is gr...Your blog really made me think. The picture is great and keep em comingjasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083805726448203570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-40415048550554017742008-12-15T14:39:00.000+02:002008-12-15T14:39:00.000+02:00What - it's not enought that every town, city or v...What - it's not enought that every town, city or village with a name that has any significance in terms of our non-indigenous history has to be changed, now we are changing bird names too?! ;-) World has gone mad indeed. Can I still call her a kiewiet?? I remember these guys running around on UPE campus and on various golf courses, going ballistic when you inadvertently approached their nests - well done to you on trying to make her nest more visible!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325204219395014329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-22099359701753520072008-12-14T10:56:00.000+02:002008-12-14T10:56:00.000+02:00I can't say that I know anything at all about bird...I can't say that I know anything at all about birds, but I can say I enjoy your blog, your pictures and your witty story about why you became a "birder."<BR/><BR/>Thumbs up! Congrats on Blog of Note.Kristi Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947272576758594705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-29704043646840135702008-12-14T09:31:00.000+02:002008-12-14T09:31:00.000+02:00Wow,you're blog is so interesting and I love the p...Wow,<BR/>you're blog is so interesting and I love the pictures!<BR/>Africa sounds so exoticAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-36111576239027653292008-12-14T07:15:00.000+02:002008-12-14T07:15:00.000+02:00i always been interested in things like this, but ...i always been interested in things like this, but i just never had the time, one of these days i will definitely get into it. nice pics by the way.kehinde olafesohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333140782724189911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-58584842722764904872008-12-14T03:04:00.000+02:002008-12-14T03:04:00.000+02:00Hi Max, congratulations on the Blogs of Note selec...Hi Max, congratulations on the Blogs of Note selection. You deserve it. <BR/><BR/>The same thing happens to plant names, they are constantly changing. Sometimes they change back to what it used to be. I try but it is hard to keep up sometimes.Digital Flower Pictureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337750342855333995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-74725291178514373852008-12-13T22:21:00.000+02:002008-12-13T22:21:00.000+02:00Sorry left my head in the other room, change Afric...Sorry left my head in the other room, change Africa to England, although I did live in Africa and I did not mean to be Anon.Eileen Mariane aka Marmskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085950960586480291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-53117651723045628092008-12-13T22:18:00.000+02:002008-12-13T22:18:00.000+02:00When I lived in Africa I used to love to pull up t...When I lived in Africa I used to love to pull up to a field, wind down the window of my car and watch and listen to the wonderful air display of the lapwings. I do agree with Firefly, why do they have to change names of birds, flowers, local names are great and should be left alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-7453039928508231462008-12-13T19:12:00.000+02:002008-12-13T19:12:00.000+02:00I just found your blog through blogs of note and g...I just found your blog through blogs of note and guess what I am watching on my TV?? Out of Africa! No lie! Karin and Denis are watching a lion....and backing up....<BR/><BR/>Your blog is beautiful and I would like to add it to my blogrolll.<BR/><BR/>Congratulation!*jean*https://www.blogger.com/profile/03325374997441856732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-21184891353028235562008-12-13T18:19:00.000+02:002008-12-13T18:19:00.000+02:00Hey Max-e me too I was ignorant of all birds, exce...Hey Max-e me too I was ignorant of all birds, except the white storks which always we had a lot, lol. BTW me too I became a bird watcher in the last couple of years, and I tell you I got to the point that birds were coming to me, amazing how many species there are....Anna :) btw these are nice photosmyonlyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324578791902437827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-87437735550608666192008-12-13T16:38:00.000+02:002008-12-13T16:38:00.000+02:00Hello there! i've recently read your blog and real...Hello there! i've recently read your blog and really enjoyed it. I love animals, and it's my dream to go to Africa some day. I really like your pictures!<BR/><BR/>It would be cool if you checked out my blog at <BR/>www.isteve-steve.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>Awesome blog!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966457017599873732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-71445904515755864912008-12-13T13:59:00.000+02:002008-12-13T13:59:00.000+02:00This whole thing of changing the names of birds th...This whole thing of changing the names of birds that have names similar to birds elsewhere in the world is sommer for the birds. Why do we have to change the names of our birds. Probably because of this whole name change thing in SA. To me a plover will stay a ploverFirefly the Travel Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278794823093520621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-48195163088323526002008-12-13T08:58:00.000+02:002008-12-13T08:58:00.000+02:00Good on you for helping to protect her nest. Over...Good on you for helping to protect her nest. Over here in Australia and New Zealand they also seem to favour living in the industrial areas. I also enjoyed your account regarding the birdwatching.***https://www.blogger.com/profile/01575152964456002217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851364775510627998.post-28342839366766099812008-12-13T08:29:00.000+02:002008-12-13T08:29:00.000+02:00Wow, great photos, great blog. Landscapes and anim...Wow, great photos, great blog. Landscapes and animals that you don't get to see all that much of,... Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com