UMary Allen
Izinyoni ezifudukayo izinyoni ezindizela kude ziye endaweni efudumele unyaka ngamunye. Bachitha ubusika lapho. Izinyoni ezifudukayo zihlanganisa onogolantethe, o crane, amahansi nezinye izinyoni eziningi. Izinyoni ezichitha unyaka wonke ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi endaweni eyodwa zibizwa ngokuthi "izinyoni ezihlezi".
Lokhu kushintsha kwendawo ngezikhathi ezahlukene zonyaka kubaluleke kakhulu ekuphileni kwabo futhi kwenzeka ngesikhathi esifanayo minyaka yonke. Ngokuvamile zindiza ngendlela efanayo. Lokhu kuziphatha kungokwemvelo, okungukuthi, kukhona kusukela ekuzalweni.
Yiziphi izinhlobo zezinyoni ezifudukayo esinazo?
Ngokombono wethu, kunezinhlobo ezimbili: uhlobo olulodwa luchitha ihlobo nathi kanye nobusika eningizimu, lapho kufudumala khona. Lezi yizinyoni zangempela ezifudukayo. Ezinye izinhlobo zichitha ihlobo enyakatho ekude nobusika nathi ngoba kusafudumele lapha kunasenyakatho. Zibizwa ngokuthi “izinyoni ezivakashelwayo”.
Ngakho izinyoni ezifudukayo zihlala eYurophu phakathi nehlobo. Lezi, ngokwesibonelo, izinhlobo zonogolantethe, ama-cuckoos, ama-nightingales, ama-swallows, ama-cranes nabanye abaningi. Basishiya ekwindla babuye entwasahlobo. Bese kuba nemfudumalo emnandi nezinsuku ziba zinde, okwenza kube lula ukuthi bakhulise abancane. Kunokudla okwanele hhayi izilwane ezidla ezinye njengaseningizimu.
Uma kufika ubusika lapha futhi ukudla kuba yindlala, badlulela eningizimu, ikakhulukazi e-Afrika. Kufudumele lapho kunalapha ngalesi sikhathi. Ukuze zikwazi ukuphila kulolu hambo olude, izinyoni ezifudukayo zidla amapheshana anamafutha kusengaphambili.
Izinyoni ezivakashile nazo zibekezelela amazinga okushisa aphansi. Ngakho-ke, zichitha ihlobo enyakatho futhi zizala amazinyane azo lapho. Ebusika kubanda kakhulu kubo futhi bandize beze kithi. Izibonelo yihansi likabhontshisi noma i-red-crested pochard. Ngokombono wabo, lokho kuseningizimu. Kufudumele lapho kubo.