many years ago, during a tactical flight exercise we bump a pigeon. Lucky we are only at 60/70 knots and the bird just take off.
First the bird broke the windshield...then my pilot got a pigeon in his face.......I got the control, my pilot say something inaudible in the radio....., spit the entrail of the bird, and clean his bloody face.....
Ironically, the type of helicopter was "Alouette 3" (lark 3 in french) Back to base, we have to file a birdstrike report.....