Reader photo: Preening time in Pend Oreille

This loon had just surfaced from a dive underwater and was preening during this beautiful wing display, Colville-area photographer Joanie Christian said. Christian took this photo on Monday at Big Meadow Lake in Pend Oreille County.

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