MD80 captain reports large bird strike at 600 feet and return for overweight landing.

Attributes
ACN	811237
Time
Date	200811
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	811237
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : birds
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor

Narrative:

On departure from ZZZ; at 600-700 ft large buzzard struck the aircraft on the captain's L1 and L2 windows. Engine performance and controls were normal. Emergency declared for immediate return to ZZZ. Overweight landing at 145000 pounds. Touchdown normal. Maintenance inspection accomplished for overweight landing and bird strike.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CAPTAIN REPORTS LARGE BIRD STRIKE AT 600 FEET AND RETURN FOR OVERWEIGHT LANDING.

Narrative: ON DEP FROM ZZZ; AT 600-700 FT LARGE BUZZARD STRUCK THE ACFT ON THE CAPT'S L1 AND L2 WINDOWS. ENG PERFORMANCE AND CTLS WERE NORMAL. EMER DECLARED FOR IMMEDIATE RETURN TO ZZZ. OVERWT LNDG AT 145000 LBS. TOUCHDOWN NORMAL. MAINT INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED FOR OVERWT LNDG AND BIRD STRIKE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.