DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Power lines are one of the most dangerous man-made structures for birds, whether they're flying or trying to perch on top.

"100 years ago, somebody said I have an idea for moving power across the country," Jacques Nuzzo, the Program Director at the Illinois Raptor Center, said. "'We just put up these poles and run the wires. This is a great idea, right?' But nobody thought back then that this is the greatest raptor perch ever made by man."

Ameren and the center have been working together for years to end bird electrocutions altogether.

Ameren was one of the first to implement an Avian Protection Program about 15 years ago.

Kyle Maxwell, an Electric Operations Superintendent with Ameren, said, "We don't want birds to be injured or killed or electrocuted on our lin

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