I have caught these birds twice in my "plant kennel". It's basically a 4x4x4 dog kennel made of chain-link. Birds are squeezing through the holes to get to my plants. The first day I saw them, I just frightened them to make them fly into the sides of the kennel. They have eaten about 40 seedlings. I am going to do it differently next time and use mesh instead of chain-link. Anyway, caught them a second time and every time one of the birds tried to fly away, I threw a handful of pebbles at them. I know, I know, it sound pretty bad, but I was just trying to teach 'em a lesson. My step-dad said the next time they come, I should snap their necks. What do you guys think?