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SPRING PREEN
A white pelican preens while sitting on a sandbar during Saturday’s summerlike temperatures. Pelicans have returned to the region, migrating back to their northern breeding areas along the Mississippi and Rock rivers. Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media Vol. 82 • No. 48 One Section • 12 Pages
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