{"id":12283,"date":"2012-04-02T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12283"},"modified":"2012-04-04T17:30:05","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T00:30:05","slug":"pick-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/04\/02\/pick-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of our Mourning Doves was sunning\/drying itself on the grass after a nice, refreshing rinse in one of our bird baths.<\/p>\n

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