I spent 20 years working on military aircraft in the USMC. I've seen my fair share of birdstrikes. The worst had to be an F-4 that took off out of MCAS El Toro through a flock of seagulls.
Oddly enough, even tough this happened on takeoff, the pilot, for whatever reason, flew the jet down to Yuma, AZ. When we got there to do the repair work, you could literally see daylight through the engine vanes. It was nasty!!!
Birdstrikes stink really bad and can cause loads of damage to an airframe... of course, they're not very healthy for the bird either...
Randy