Nov71,
If that bird(s) had hit the windshield, virtually no damage would have occurred, excepting maybe for the wipers being ripped off!
The heated, laminated windshield is the stongest part of the airframe, significantly stronger than any part of the metal skin.
I saw an aircraft on fire on the ground some years ago, started from an oxygen fire inside the flight deck. When the fire crews arrived, one tried to get access by trying to smash his way thru the windshield, after several minutes with a large sledge hammer (on a cold w'screen), he gave up and entered via the rear door!
Cheers, FD
