They are a curse! I generally try and get my seedlings in when the weather is cool, before these guys get active with their life cycle. It snows here only every 20 or 30 years but we do sometimes get a late frost so it's a chance I have to take: cutworms or cold? Unfortunately the birds have to take their chances against the cats in my garden
When I see damage, I dig around in the soil at the base of the affected plants, the culprit is usually nearby
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I tried that (digging around) and I don't think I dug enough. I was worried about tender root growth. We have to keep a hefty gate around our garden to keep the deer out, but how I wish we could have some "barn" or outdoor cats to protect us from the rodents. Sadly, there are far too many eagles along the coast here, and our neighbors haven't recovered from the loss of their sweet kitty who was plucked from the yard in plain view. They've actually found collars of missing pets in the eagle nests.
I do see the occasional crow nab a rat from time to time.
It's always us against "them".
The "them" are the critters that remind us that what is ours, is theirs too!