"Ms. Tee" wrote in message Any ideas that are
legitimate and make sense? (ie sending them all to Iraq
is a nice thought but impractical)

This isn't going to help you, but it reminded of a funny incident about 25
years ago. I had made a large flat topped bird feeder on a low post in
the back yard. We put mostly sun flower seeds out for cardinals and doves
but the grackles and blue jays ate as well, and they scattered the seed.
I was forever chasing them away.

I came home from work one evening and my 12 year old son was laying in our
boat parked by the garage. He told me to keep quiet and watch. Soon a
grackle landed on the bird feeder, and in a few seconds, the bird feeder
blew up and the grackle left.

My son had a wire from the boat to the bird feeder. At the bird feeder, he
twisted the bare wire ends around a fire cracker fuse. The he got in the
boat and watched. When a Jay or grackle landed, he touched the wires to
the boat battery, which made the wire get hot because they were shorted at
the bird feeder / fire cracker. This lit the fire cracker fuse, with the
result, a surprised and frightened grackle - perhaps never to return again.

A rather slow method to be sure, but I found it an interesting and
innovative idea.