May
2009
Sparrows take over one of our saddles
May 8th, 2009 at 07:08 pm by Shari Thomas in Around the Farm, HorsesGuess neither Bev nor I will be riding for a while. This morning while Cindy and I were straightening up the tack room, we re-arranging tack and lo and behold… a sparrow had built a nest under the saddle cover.
Not only that, there were at least two very tiny naked birds. They’ve got to be less than a day old. We very carefully replaced the nest and cover, hoping mama bird continues to care for her young.
They’ll only be squatting for a couple of weeks.
In the meantime, Cindy will be the only one riding, and won’t be riding the youngest filly, Dakota, as that is the saddle we use on her.
We were also noticing we’re in need of new saddles as the trees and bars are too wide for all three of our horses. We don’t ride far, or hard, but still, we want our horses to be as comfortable as possible. Guess we’ll have to add another $1500 or so to our wish list.
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