Inyoni ethokozisayo enezwi elinciphayo ihlala emaqeleni, okuyindebe ethakazelisa kakhulu kuwo wonke umzingeli. Uyabizwa landrail. Kungani inyoni crake kubhekwe indebe ehahelwa kakhulu ngabazingeli?
Into ukuthi kunzima kakhulu ukuyibamba. Ngoba zivamise ukwenza imisindo ehewulayo, kwesinye isikhathi zibizwa nge- "squeaks". Isikhalo esidabukisayo se-corncrake sizwakala kude kakhulu ngamakhilomitha.
Lalela izwi likakhokho
Iqiniso elithandekayo ukuthi noma ngabe lizwakala izwi lenyonikusondele kakhulu, indawo okuyo ngqo akulula kangako ukuyibala. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi inyoni, ngenkathi icula, yelulela intamo yayo phezulu bese iphendukisa ikhanda layo ezinhlangothini ezahlukene.
Ukuhamba okunjalo kushintsha njalo ukuqondiswa kwemisindo. Le nyoni encane ivela ohlelweni nasemndenini wabelusi. Vuliwe isithombe sikanyoni wezinyoni kungabonakala ukuthi ungaphezulu kancane kwe-thrush. Ubude bayo bungu-27-30 cm.I-wingspan ifinyelela kuma-46-53 cm.
Inyoni le isisinda cishe ngamagremu angama-200. Umbala wezimpaphe ze-corncrake umnyama-nsundu futhi unezindawo ezimpunga zomnqumo. Ngemuva kwayo, umbala ufana nezikali zezinhlanzi. Esiswini kukhona izimpaphe ezikhanyayo ezinsundu ezimbozwe imivimbo ebomvu.
Izimpunga ziyabonakala emphinjeni, ingxenye yekhanda nasesifubeni. Izinhlangothi zenyoni zipendwe ngokubomvu nsundu namabala abomvu. Emaphikweni kukhona uphaphe olubomvu ngokunsundu olunamachashaza aphuzi-mhlophe. Umlomo we-corncrake awubonakali. Imfishane kepha inamandla. Izitho zale nyoni zingwevu lokuhola. Ngesikhathi sendiza, zimane zilenga ngemuva komsila wayo omfushane.
Ukwahlulela ngokuthi incazelo yenyoni, lesi sinezimpaphe ezincane kakhulu futhi ezingabonakali, kwesinye isikhathi esihlangana kakhulu nemvelo esikuyo size sibonakale singabonakali ngokuphelele. Owesifazane cishe akahlukile kowesilisa. Ngaphandle kombala we-goiter. Kwabesilisa kuyimpunga, kanti kwabesifazane kubomvu.
Izici nendawo okuhlala kuyo i-corncrake
Ngempela, yonke insimu yaseRussia ihlala ngoqhekeko lommbila. Akunakwenzeka ukuyibona kuphela ezifundeni zeNyakatho Ekude naseMpumalanga Ekude, futhi zise-Ireland, Great Britain. Abaningi bayazibuza i-corncrake migrant noma cha... Impendulo ngokungangabazeki - yebo.
Ngakho-ke, impilo yabo ihlukaniswe kabili ngezigaba ezimbili - impilo endaweni ephambili, nokuphila emazweni amazwekazi afudumele. Lezi zinyoni zikhetha imithambeka yezintaba, amadlelo, amadamu, izingadi ezikhule kakhulu, ukuhlanzwa kwamahlathi, izindawo ezomile ezomile zamaxhaphozi ukuze zakhiwe. Kubalulekile ukuthi eduze kwesidleke sazo kunezitshalo eziphakeme hhayi ezominyene kakhulu.
Ebusika bahlala ema-savanna, ezimfundeni nasezihlahleni zemihlanga.Indawo ethanda u-corncrake emaphethelweni amasimu ahlwanyelwe kanye nezingadi zemifino. Ukuba khona kwemizimba yamanzi eseduze akusho ukuthi bathanda umswakama ophezulu. Abakwazi ukuyimela. Kuyaziwa ukuthi ummbila awunawo ama-subspecies. Nguyena kuphela futhi omele uhlobo lwalo. I-Corncrake ifika ngasekupheleni kwentwasahlobo.
Ekwindla balungiselela amalungiselelo abo endiza kusengaphambili, ngaphambi kokuqala kwesimo sezulu esibandayo. Kepha la malungiselelo ahudulwa ngaphandle. Akubona bonke abameleli baka-corncrake ababaleka baye ezindaweni ezifudumele. Kukhona labo abanquma ukuthatha lesi sinyathelo ngasekupheleni kwekwindla, ngesikhathi samakhaza okuqala abucayi, futhi kwesinye isikhathi babulawe yisimo sezulu esibandayo.
Azihlanganisi ndawonye lapho zindiza ngemihlambi emikhulu, ngenkathi zingakhi amaqoqo amakhulu. Imvamisa, babekezelela izindiza bodwa futhi bacasha kahle ezihlahleni, okungakwenzi kube nokwenzeka ukuthola isikhathi esiqondile sokufika kwabo.
Abanye abantu basetha lolu suku ngokukhala kwabo entwasahlobo, ngakho-ke benza iphutha. Ngoba phakathi kokufika kwe-corncrake nokuqala kwenkathi yabo yokukhwelana kungahle kube negebe lamasonto ambalwa. Crake ubani lo sekuvele kwaziwa. Kusekhona amaphuzu okumele acaciswe.
Isimo nendlela yokuphila kukakhokho
UCrake akathandi ukundiza. Bachitha ingxenye enkulu yempilo yabo begxuma otshanini obude befuna ukudla. Akuvamile ukuthi bakhuphukele emoyeni. Bangaphoqelelwa ukwenza lokhu ngesimo esingalindelekile, ngokwesibonelo, usongo empilweni. Kodwa noma lesi simo ngeke sikwenze ukuthi ummbila undize kude. Konke abazokwenza ukukhuphuka ngamamitha ambalwa bese babuye bacashe otshanini obude. Bahamba kahle kuyo.
Crake musa ukubhangqa. Banesithembu. Ngesikhathi sezingoma zabo zomshado, ummbila uthatheka kakhulu ngokucula kangangezwa ngisho umuntu noma isilwane sisondela kubo. Abazingeli bayayazi le nyoni encane yokwengamela futhi bayisebenzisa ngenkathi bezingela. Kubalulekile ukuhamba kuphela ngenkathi inyoni icula. Lapho ummbila uphumule ekuculeni, ukwazi kubuyela kuwo, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, bese unaka kakhulu.
Lapho nje inyoni izwa ukuthi kungenzeka ibe yingozi ngokwayo, inyoni izwakala isigaxa izinguquko ezinkulu. Kubukeka njengokuxoxa kwemagpie. UCrake uyinyoni eyodwa yasebusuku. Ezimweni zezulu ezinhle, bangahola impilo esebenzayo ubusuku bonke bese beya ekuphumuleni kwabo okulungele ekuseni.
Kuyathakazelisa ukubuka i-corncrake isebenza. Ngasikhathi sinye, yonke ingxenye yayo yangaphambili, kanye nekhanda, igoba phambili, ibheke phansi, ukuze umsila wayo uphakame. Ngezikhathi ezithile, le nyoni iphakamisa ikhanda ibheke ukuthi izolandela kuphi. Inyoni egijima ngale ndlela, enentamo enwetshiwe ngezikhathi ezithile, ibukeka ingaphezulu kokuhlekisa.
Isimo siba yinhlekisa ngokwengeziwe lapho, ngenkathi ihlola indawo ezungezile, ummbila wenza uhlobo lwesikhalo esibonakala sikhuthaza. Uma kungenzeka kube nengozi, le nyoni izama ukubaleka. Umgijimi we-corncrake muhle kakhulu.
Agijime aze abaleke. Kepha, uma ebona ukuthi lokhu akulona iqiniso, ngakho konke ukungafuni kwakhe ukundiza, ukhuphukela phezulu esibhakabhakeni. Ngabe i-corncrake ibukeka kanjani? endizeni? Ubukeka njengomshayeli wendiza ongahlelekile futhi ongathandeki. Njengoba zindiza ngale ndlela amashumi ngamamitha ambalwa, ziyafika bese ziyaqhubeka nokuzisindisa ngendlela efaneleke ngokwazo.
Ukudla kwezinyoni ze-Crake
UCrake akayona inyoni ephelelisayo. Ukudla kwakhe kufaka kokubili ukudla kwezitshalo kanye nokudla okuvela ezilwaneni. Akusizi ngalutho ukuthi uhlala eduze kwamasimu nezingadi. Lapho ungazuza ngokusanhlamvu, imbewu yezitshalo nezinambuzane eziningi. Kusetshenziswa amahlumela amancane ezitshalo. Ubumnandi obuthandwa kakhulu be-corncrake yizinambuzane ezincane, ama-millipedes, iminenke, imisundu.
Ukukhiqizwa kabusha nokulindeleka kwempilo kukakhokho
Ngemuva kokufika lapho behlala khona unomphela, uqhekeko lommbila bacabanga ngefa labo. Insikazi ihlela indawo yayo yokuhlala ephansi otshanini bese izalela amaqanda ayi-10-12 lapho.
Uhlanganyela ekufukameleni ngokuzihlukanisa okuhle kakhulu. Ngemuva kwamasonto amathathu, amachwane ayazalwa. Isikhathi samahora angama-24 izingane zihlala esidlekeni, ngemuva kwalokho ziyishiya kubazali bazo, ukuze zingaphinde zibuyele lapho. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwempilo yabo, amaphuphu ajwayele ukuzimela futhi akwenze kahle.
I-Crake yizinyoni eziqaphe kakhulu futhi eziyimfihlo. Bayabagwema abantu. Kepha unyaka nonyaka kuncane futhi kuncane kubo. Lokhu kungenzeka kakhulu ngenxa yokuthi izindawo zabo abazithandayo nazo ziyanyamalala kancane kancane.
