Mary Allen
Lark ishiri diki dzinoimba. Munyika yose kune marudzi makumi mapfumbamwe, muEurope, kune marudzi gumi nerimwe. Iyo inonyanya kuzivikanwa ndeye skylark, woodlark, crested lark, uye short-toed lark. Mamwe emhando dzemanyoka aya anopedza gore rose ari panzvimbo imwe chete. Saka vanongogara. Vamwe vanotamira kuSpain nePortugal, uye vamwewo vanotamira kuAfrica. Saka ishiri dzinotama.
Chinhu chakakosha pamusoro pemaraki rwiyo rwavo. Nguva nenguva, vadetembi nevaimbi vakanyora nezvayo kana kutevedzera mimhanzi yavo pakuimba kwevana. Vanogona kukwira zvakadzika uye vobva vatenderera vachidzika, vachigara vachiimba.
Larks dzinovaka matendere adzo pasi. Vanoda imwe ivhu iyo isina murimi ari kushanda pari zvino uye isina kuvandudzwa nevanhu. Ikoko vanochera gomba diki voribvisa. Nekuti kune nzvimbo shoma uye shoma dzakadaro, mashoma uye mashoma larks ari kuitora kune mamwe marudzi. Vamwe varimi vanosiya chidimbu chemunda pakati pemunda chisina kubatwa nemakonye. Izvi zvinonzi "lark window".
Makondo echikadzi anokandira mazai kamwe kana kaviri pagore, anenge maviri kana matanhatu nguva imwe neimwe. Izvo zvinoenderana nemhando ye lark. Kazhinji, hadzi chete incubates, izvo zvinotora anenge mavhiki maviri. Vabereki vose vanozodyisa vana vavo pamwe chete. Pashure pevhiki yakanaka, vaduku vanobhururuka kunze.
Makonye haasarudze zvokudya zvawo: anodya makonye, zvinyamututa, nemajuru, asiwo dandemutande, nehozhwa. Asi mbeu zvakare chikamu chekudya kwadzo, sezvakaita mabuds uye huswa hudiki kwazvo.
Larks kazhinji ane brownish. Saka ivo vakanyatsoenderana nemuvara wenyika. Ivo chete vane camouflage color yavo kudzivirira kubva kune zvikara. Zvakadaro, kune mashoma uye mashoma emhando dzemaki. Ikoku hakusati kuri nemhaka yavavengi asi nemhaka yokuti vari kuwana nzvimbo shomanene dzakakodzera dzematendere avo.