Dodging birds in an A320?
Sheesh - what ridiculous comments, but then - this is PPRUNE, LOL
This might be the case (I am an SLF), but the article about the Ryan Air incident linked earlier specifically stated that the pilots saw the flock of birds, tried to go around to avoid it, and were simply unlucky because the flock rose exactly into the newly adjusted flight path.
Now, these are probably different birds, it was a landing not a take off, it was from "people close to the investigation", not the final report, etc. etc. - each situation is obviously different (something that is totally lost on the press and sometimes here). But that Ryan Air experience suggests that your comment might be a bit too far on the other side of the opinion spectrum and that it is possible to at least to avoid large flock of birds when you see them while landing (which I suspect is at lower speeds than was the case here 1 min. into flight).
[edited last sentence because I was too fast on the submit button]