UMary Allen
Undlunkulu wendlu yinyoni eculayo. Ibuye ibizwe ngondlunkulu noma undlunkulu. Yinyoni yesibili evamile ezweni lakithi ngemva kwe-chaffinch. Umzwilili wendlu uwuhlobo lwawo. Umzwilili wesihlahla, undlunkulu onentamo ebomvu, undlunkulu weqhwa, nabanye abaningi nabo bangamalungu ondlunkulu.
Izindlu zondlunkulu ziyizinyoni ezincane. Zikala cishe ngamasentimitha ayi-15 ukusuka emlonyeni kuya ekuqaleni kwezimpaphe zomsila. Lokhu kulingana nohhafu werula esikoleni. Amaduna anemibala enamandla. Ikhanda nomhlane kunsundu ngemigqa emnyama. Zimnyama futhi ngaphansi koqhwaku, isisu simpunga. Kwabesifazane, imibala iyafana kodwa isondele kakhulu kunempunga.
Ekuqaleni, ondlunkulu babehlala cishe kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Kuphela e-Italy, lapho kuphela enyakatho ekude. Zitholakala nasezingxenyeni ezinkulu zase-Asia naseNyakatho Afrika. Kodwa banqoba amanye amazwekazi eminyakeni engaphezu kwekhulu edlule. KuseNorth Pole naseSouth Pole kuphela lapho azikho khona.
Baphila kanjani ondlunkulu?
Ondlunkulu basekhaya bathanda ukuhlala eduze nabantu. Zidla kakhulu imbewu. Abantu banalokho ngoba belima okusanhlamvu. Bakhetha ukudla ukolweni, i-oats, noma ibhali. Izimfunda zithela imbewu eningi. Zithanda nokudla izinambuzane, ikakhulukazi entwasahlobo nasehlobo. Edolobheni bayodla cishe noma yini abangayithola. Ngakho-ke zivame ukutholakala eduze nezitendi zokudla. Ezindaweni zokudlela zasengadini, baphinde bathande ukudla okulula kusuka ematafuleni noma okungenani bacoshe imbewu yesinkwa phansi.
Amaqanda Omzwilili
Ondlunkulu basekhaya baqala usuku ngaphambi nje kokuphuma kwelanga ngengoma yabo. Zithanda ukugeza ngothuli noma emanzini ukuze zinakekele izimpaphe zazo. Awuthandi ukuhlala wedwa. Bahlala befuna ukudla kwabo ngamaqembu ezilwane eziningana. Lokhu kubenza bakwazi ukuxwayisana uma izitha sezisondele. Lawa ikakhulukazi amakati afuywayo kanye nama-stone martens. Uma zisemoyeni, zizingelwa izikhova, izikhova nezikhova. I-Sparrowhawks izinyoni ezinamandla ezidla inyama.
Ngasekupheleni kuka-April, ayabhanqa ukuze azale. Umbhangqwana uhlala ndawonye kukho konke ukuphila. Lamabhangqa akha izidleke zawo eduze kwamanye amapheya. Bakhetha ukusebenzisa i-niche noma umhume omncane ngale njongo. Lokhu kungase futhi kube indawo ngaphansi kwama-tile ophahleni. Kodwa futhi basebenzisa izidleke zokugwinya ezingenalutho noma izimbobo zeziqophamithi noma amabhokisi okuzalela. Njengempahla yokuzalela, zisebenzisa yonke into etholakala imvelo, okungukuthi ikakhulukazi utshani notshani. Kwengezwa iphepha, amanikiniki, noma uvolo.
Insikazi izalela amaqanda amane kuya kwayisithupha. Ngemva kwalokho, zifukamela cishe amasonto amabili. Abesilisa nabesifazane bayashintshana ngokufukamela kanye nokudla. Zivikela amaphuphu ngamaphiko azo emvuleni nasemakhazeni. Ekuqaleni, zidla izinambuzane ezichotshoziwe. Imbewu yengezwa kamuva. Ngemva kwamasonto amabili, amaphuphu ayandiza, ngakho ayandiza aphume. Uma bobabili abazali beshona ngaphambi kwalokho, ondlunkulu bakwamakhelwane bavame ukukhulisa amaphuphu. Abazali abasindile banezingane ezimbili kuya kwezine onyakeni owodwa.
Naphezu kwalokhu, kukhona ondlunkulu abambalwa nabancane. Abasazitholi izindawo zokuzalela ezifanele ezindlini zesimanje. Abalimi bavuna okusanhlamvu kwabo ngemishini engcono nengcono ukuze kungasali lutho. Izibulala-zinambuzane zinoshevu ondlunkulu abaningi. Emadolobheni nasezingadini, ziyanda izitshalo zakwamanye amazwe. Ondlunkulu ababazi laba. Ngakho-ke, azihlali kuzo futhi azondli ngembewu yazo.