UMary Allen
Ungqatyana wendlu yintaka eculayo. Ikwabizwa ngokuba ngundlunkulu okanye undlunkulu. Yintaka yesibini eqhelekileyo kwilizwe lethu emva kwe-chaffinch. Undlunkulu luhlobo lwalo. Ungqatyana womthi, ungqatyana onentamo ebomvu, ungqatyana wekhephu nabanye abaninzi nabo bangabendlu yoongqatyana.
Oongqatyana basekhaya ziintaka ezincinci. Zilinganisa malunga ne 15 centimeters ukusuka emlonyeni ukuya ekuqaleni kweentsiba zomsila. Oku kulingana nesiqingatha serula esikolweni. Iinkunzi zinemibala eyomeleleyo. Intloko nomqolo zimdaka ngemigca emnyama. Zikwamnyama ngaphantsi komlomo, isisu singwevu. Kwimazi, imibala iyafana kodwa isondele ngakumbi kwigrey.
Ekuqaleni, oongqatyana babehlala phantse kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Kuphela e-Itali, apho bahlala kuphela emantla akude. Zikwafumaneka nakwiindawo ezinkulu zaseAsia naseMntla Afrika. Kodwa bawoyisa amanye amazwekazi ngaphezu kweminyaka elikhulu eyadlulayo. Kuphela kwi-North Pole kunye ne-South Pole azikho.
Baphila njani oongqatyana?
Oongqatyana basendlwini bayathanda ukuhlala kufutshane nabantu. Zondla ubukhulu becala ngembewu. Abantu banaloo nto kuba belima iinkozo. Bakhetha ukutya ingqolowa, ihabile okanye irhasi. Amadlelo avelisa imbewu eninzi. Bakwathanda nokutya izinambuzane, ngakumbi entwasahlobo nasehlotyeni. Esixekweni, baya kutya phantse nantoni na abanokuyifumana. Ngoko ke zisoloko zifumaneka kufuphi nezitendi zokutya. Kwiindawo zokutyela zasegadini, nabo bathanda ukutya ngokuthe ngqo kwiitafile okanye ubuncinci bachole imbewu yesonka emgangathweni.
Amaqanda eSparrow
Oongqatyana basendlwini baqala usuku ngaphambi nje kokuphuma kwelanga ngengoma yabo. Bathanda ukuhlamba eluthulini okanye emanzini ukuze banyamekele iintsiba zabo. Awukuthandi ukuhlala wedwa. Bahlala bekhangela ukutya kwabo ngokwamaqela ezilwanyana ezininzi. Oku kuvumela ukuba zilumkisane xa iintshaba zisondela. Ezi ikakhulu ziikati zasekhaya kunye ne-stone martens. Xa zisemoyeni zizingelwa ziinkova, izikhova noongqatyana. I-Sparrowhawks ziintaka ezinamandla ezidla inyama.
Ekupheleni kuka-Epreli, zidibana ukuze zizale. Isibini sihlala kunye ubomi babo bonke. Ezi zibini zakha iindlwane zazo kufutshane nezinye izibini. Bakhetha ukusebenzisa i-niche okanye umqolomba omncinci kule njongo. Oku kunokuba yindawo phantsi kweetayile zephahla. Kodwa basebenzisa iindlwane zokugwinya ezingenanto okanye imingxunya yeenkuni okanye iibhokisi zokuzalela. Njengempahla yokuzalela, zisebenzisa yonke into ekhoyo kwindalo, oko kukuthi, iindiza nengca. Iphepha, amalaphu, okanye uboya bongezwa.
Imazi izalela amaqanda amane ukuya kwamathandathu. Emva koko, zifukama kangangeeveki ezimbini. Iinkunzi neemazi ziyatshintshana ngokufukamela nokufuna ukutya. Zikhusela amantshontsho ngamaphiko emvuleni nasengqeleni. Ekuqaleni, zondla izinambuzane ezityumkileyo. Imbewu yongezwa kamva. Emva kweeveki ezimbini, amantshontsho abhabha, ngoko ayabhabha aphume. Ukuba bobabini abazali basweleka ngaphambi koko, oongqatyana baselumelwaneni badla ngokukhulisa amantshontsho. Abazali ababini abasaphilayo banabantwana ababini ukuya kwabane kunyaka omnye.
Nangona kunjalo, kukho oongqatyana abambalwa kwaye bambalwa. Abasafumani iindawo ezifanelekileyo zokuzalela kwizindlu zale mihla. Abalimi bavuna iinkozo zabo ngoomatshini abangcono nabangcono ukuze kungabikho nto iseleyo ngasemva. Amayeza okubulala izinambuzane anetyhefu koongqatyana abaninzi. Ezidolophini nasezigadini, kukho izityalo ezininzi zasemzini. Oongqatyana abazazi ezi. Ngoko ke, azihlali kuzo kwaye azondli kwimbewu yazo.