[redhead]

You're right. I guess I was thinking that it would be possible to spook all of them off their nests long enough for a swipe. Would it be possible to fence in an area infested with these birds and introduce a fox or two, perhaps? (provided, of course, that the fox decided to stay on the premises...)

[Miss Marple]

I don't know. Fortunately, they don't bother our property, but my son (who works in commercial landscape) hates them. They really have become a nuisance, although I must admit when a couple of them landed on top of our house and trumpeted at the dog from the rooftop, I thought it was really neat.