You can throw them out of the mota and everything!
The lamping thing is a bit like picking up sitters or straight line stuff, not my idea of sport, but it feeds the birds and is ok to keep your bird active. I call it mugging ?especially when it's taking bird out trees.
if the walls are thick enough, I'd experiment with both. I'd say hot needle would be best. Or bait drill followed by hot needle to tidy up the hole.
The walls would have to be thick enough to try any of them.