{"id":1021,"date":"2008-02-04T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/archives\/1021"},"modified":"2008-02-04T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T11:24:00","slug":"purple-moore-hen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/purple-moore-hen\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Moore Hen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sumank\/2235740417\/\" title=\"Purple Moore Hen by sumank, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2304\/2235740417_db39c8e362.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"DSC_6478\" \/><\/a> <br \/>Shot this pretty girl (I thin it is a girl) in Lalbagh. Shrieks like a maniac at intruders. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sumank\/sets\/72157603838026621\/\">More birds of Lalbagh  @ Flickr.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\n<map name=\"google_ad_map_080204110007080204105400\">\n<area shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/imageads.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/imgclick\/080204110007080204105400?pos=0\" coords=\"1,2,367,28\"\/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/services.google.com\/feedback\/abg\" coords=\"384,10,453,23\"\/><\/map>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" usemap=\"#google_ad_map_080204110007080204105400\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/imageads.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-1259014363012020&amp;channel=9138153052&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080204110007080204105400&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fyakpad10.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fpurple-moore-hen.html\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shot this pretty girl (I thin it is a girl) in Lalbagh. 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