UMary Allen
Amabele awumndeni wezilwane. Ziyizinyoni eziculayo. Bahlala kulo lonke elaseYurophu, eNyakatho Melika, ingxenye enkulu ye-Asia, naseningizimu ye-Afrika. Lapha eYurophu, ziphakathi kwezinyoni eziculayo ezivame kakhulu. Kunezinhlobo ezingama-51 emhlabeni jikelele. Izinhlobo eziyi-14 zihlala eYurophu, kanti eSwitzerland yizinhlanu kuphela. Ngakho-ke kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi ama-tits angaba umngane wendawo ethile.
Amabele yizinyoni ezincane. Kusukela enhloko kuye esisekelweni sezimpaphe zomsila, ziza kuphela ngaphezu kwamasentimitha ayishumi. Futhi alula kakhulu, azungeze i-10 kuya ku-20 amagremu. Ngakho-ke kuthatha amabele amahlanu kuya kwayishumi ukukala ushokoledi.
Amabele aphila kanjani?
Amabele njengezihlahla. Ezinye izinhlobo ze-tit zingakhuphuka kahle kakhulu, isibonelo, i-blue tit. Baphinde bathole ingxenye enkulu yokudla kwabo ezihlahleni. Ikakhulukazi kunezinambuzane nezibungu kanye nembewu. Kuye ngezinhlobo ze-tit, zivame ukudla eyodwa noma enye. Kodwa futhi bayathanda ukuzisiza kulokho abantu ababanika kona ukuba bakudle.
Izinhlobo eziningi zama-tit zihlala endaweni eyodwa unyaka wonke. Kodwa ezinye izinyoni ezifudukayo. Ukuze zifukamele amaqanda azo, ngokuvamile zibheka indawo engenalutho, isibonelo, isiqophamithi. Bese bewapheqa ngokuthanda kwabo. Yilapho ezibekela amaqanda azo futhi ziwafukamele.
Amabele anezitha eziningi. Ama-Martens, ama-squirrel, namakati afuywayo athanda ukudla amaqanda noma izinyoni ezincane. Kodwa nezinyoni ezidla inyama njengoklebe noma i-kestrel zivame ukushaya. Izinyoni eziningi ezincane ziyafa ngonyaka wokuqala. Ngisho nalezo esezikwazi ukundiza, eyodwa kuphela kwezine izozalela yona ngonyaka ozayo.
Abantu baphinde bahlasele osisi. Izihlahla zezithelo ezifanelekayo ziya ngokuya zishabalala endaweni. Kodwa-ke, abantu abaningi baphinde basize osisi ngokufaka ama-brooder futhi basuse izidleke njalo ebusika ukuze osisi bakwazi ukuzala kabusha ama-brooder. Ungakwazi futhi ukusekela osisi ngokudla okufanele. Ngakho abasatshiswa.
Yiziphi izinhlobo zama-tit ezibaluleke kakhulu ezweni lethu?
EYurophu, i-tit enkulu ingenye yezinhlobo zezinyoni ezivame kakhulu. E-Switzerland, iwuhlobo oluvame kakhulu lwe-tit. Kukhona cishe ingxenye yesigidi yezilwane zayo. Ngokuvamile zihlala endaweni eyodwa. Amabele asenyakatho kuphela afudukela eningizimu ebusika. Amabele azalana kanye noma kabili ehlobo. Isikhathi ngasinye insikazi izalela amaqanda ayi-6 kuya kwayi-12. Idinga ukufukamela amaqanda cishe amasonto amabili. Ngenxa yokuthi akawabekelanga wonke amaqanda ngesikhathi esisodwa, awachanyuselwa ngesikhathi esisodwa.
I-tit eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka iwuhlobo lwesibili oluvame kakhulu lwe-tit eSwitzerland. Uhlala kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Osisi abaluhlaza bangabagibeli abahle kakhulu. Aphuma emagatsheni aye emagatsheni amahle kakhulu futhi angalenga abheke phansi ukuze acofe imbewu. Lokhu bakwenza ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuzalanisa. Ngaphandle kwalokho, zidla kakhulu izinambuzane. Banesinye isitha esikhethekile: i-tit enkulu ikhudlwana futhi inamandla futhi ivame ukuhlwitha izimbobo ezingcono kakhulu zokuzalela.
I-crested tit iwuhlobo lwesithathu oluvame kakhulu eSwitzerland. Uhlala kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Yathola igama layo ezimpapheni ekhanda layo. Idla kakhulu ama-arthropods, okungukuthi izinambuzane, ama-millipedes, izinkalankala, nama-arachnids. Ekupheleni kwehlobo, ngokuyinhloko imbewu yengezwa. Ngenkathi ama-tits amakhulu naluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ethanda ukuhlala emahlathini aluhlaza, i-crested tit nayo izizwa ikhululekile kakhulu emahlathini e-coniferous. Eyensikazi izalela amaqanda ambalwa, cishe amane kuya kwayisishiyagalombili. Uma umbhangqwana ulahlekelwa inani elikhulu lamazinyane, azozala okwesibili ehlobo elifanayo.