{"id":12900,"date":"2020-09-16T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=12900"},"modified":"2020-09-14T09:05:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T21:05:59","slug":"papango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/12900","title":{"rendered":"P\u0101pango"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scaup-DSC_5877-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of P\u0101pango\/Scaup\" class=\"wp-image-12902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scaup-DSC_5877-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scaup-DSC_5877-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scaup-DSC_5877-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>P\u0101pango\/Scaup (<em>Aythya novaeseelandiae<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>P\u0101pango have a variety names both in M\u0101ori and English. 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