White breasted waterhen spotted at Indira Park, Hyderabad India Pradeep Raj

Beautiful White breasted waterhen resides in hard to believe small weedy-reedy pond abutting Marri Channa Reddy memorial and the little skaters ground at Indira Park! Unmindful of the hustle and the buzz of the busy road leading to DBR mills, and always forced to listen to the roar of the demonstrators but it never ever complains; if left unmolested it is sure going to stay put.
I hope authorities preserve this little pond which was not long back also home for purple moorhens, pheasant tailed jacana and now only herons are the companions of this wonderful resilient bird which returned as reeds grew back, despite vandalism and lot of plastic.
The video was shot on 7 March 2009 -Dr. Pradeep Raj: Use Groundwater Judiciously
Dr.Pradeep Raj Mathur, 37, LIC Colony, Opposite: Indira Park, Hyderabad -500 080

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• Indira
• Park
• Hyderabad
• India
• Pradeep
• Raj
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Watch how quickly it runs into the reeds (between 4 and 14 seconds) and thereafter it is not on camera at all