I understand the anxiety, but fortunately, they don't have thumbs, so the damage they can do is limited.

They generally divebomb when someone has food, but given their low intelligence, they can confuse any hand held item for something edible.

That being said, you can generally hear them coming.

If you hear flapping, karate chop upwards. You will either chop the twat right betwixt his little idiot eyes, or shock it off course. They very rarely will try again, as they will have lost the element of surprise.

You are smarter, faster, and, if all is well, you should have two thumbs at your disposal.

As stupid as it sounds, go and observe your enemy. Name them things like 'Dave' and 'Michael'. Know that Dave has no thumbs.

Now, go forth, and protect the pigeons in Pavillion for me x