Mary Allen
Larks ndi mbalame zazing'ono zoyimba. Padziko lonse lapansi pali mitundu pafupifupi 90, ku Europe pali mitundu khumi ndi imodzi. Zodziwika bwino ndi skylark, woodlark, crested lark, ndi lark zazifupi. Mitundu ina ya nyani zimenezi imakhala chaka chonse pamalo amodzi. Choncho amangokhala. Ena amasamukira ku Spain ndi Portugal, ndipo ena amasamukira ku Africa. Choncho ndi mbalame zosamuka.
Chinthu chapadera pa larks ndi nyimbo zawo. Mobwerezabwereza, olemba ndakatulo ndi oimba amalemba za izo kapena kutsanzira nyimbo zawo kuti aziyimba nyimbo za larks. Amatha kukwera motsetsereka ndiyeno nkumazungulira pansi, kumayimba nthawi zonse.
Larks amamanga zisa zawo pansi. Amafunikira malo ena omwe palibe mlimi amene akugwira nawo ntchito pano komanso omwe sanasinthidwe ndi anthu. Kumeneko amakumba dzenje laling’ono ndi kulipukuta. Chifukwa chakuti malo oterowo akucheperachepera, ma lark akucheperachepera akutengera zamoyo zina. Alimi ena amasiya malo pakati pa munda osakhudzidwa ndi lark. Izi zimatchedwa "lark window".
Ana aakazi amaikira mazira kamodzi kapena kawiri pachaka, pafupifupi awiri kapena asanu ndi limodzi nthawi iliyonse. Izi zimatengera mtundu wa lark. Nthawi zambiri, mkazi yekha amafungatira, amene kumatenga pafupifupi milungu iwiri. Makolo onsewo amadyetsa ana awo pamodzi. Pambuyo pa sabata yabwino, anawo amawuluka.
Mbalamezi sizisankha zakudya zawo: zimadya mbozi, tizilombo tating'onoting'ono, nyerere, komanso akangaude, ndi nkhono. Koma mbewu ndi gawo la zakudya zawo, monga masamba ndi udzu waung'ono kwambiri.
Larks nthawi zambiri amakhala brownish. Choncho amasinthidwa bwino ndi mtundu wa dziko lapansi. Amangokhala ndi mtundu wawo wobisika kuti aziwateteza kwa adani. Komabe, pali mitundu yocheperako komanso yocheperako. Izi siziri chifukwa cha adani koma chifukwa chakuti akupeza malo ocheperako oyenera zisa zawo.