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In Nebraska, the Wildlife Check is in the Mail.(rural mail carriers help in state wildlife survey)

Robert Short loves to tell critter stories. After nearly 20 years as a rural mail carrier in southeastern Nebraska, Short has a lot of stories to tell. Ask him about the great horned owl he rescued from a barbed wire fence, and he'll tell you how he drove it 90 miles to a raptor recovery center and, months later, returned it to the wild. Or his tussle with a pheasant that flew into his car.

Bumping down dusty country roads near Fairbury in his white Ford sedan with a flashing yellow light on the roof, Short keeps an eye out for critters. It's not just because he enjoys keeping track of his wild friends as he travels along his 110-mile mail route six days a week.

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