Air carrier flight crew reported multiple bird strikes on departure led to a diversion.

Attributes
ACN	1609650
Time
Date	201901
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	GEG.Tower
State Reference	WA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 113 Flight Crew Type 1898
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 118 Flight Crew Total 4531 Flight Crew Type 173
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal

Narrative:

At 800 AGL climbing out of geg off of runway 3 we experienced multiple bird strikes to the captain's windshield and right wing inboard slat. The RVR for runway 3 geg was 800RVR so we decided to proceed to our takeoff alternate; where the weather was VFR. Although catiii was available to runway 3 in geg we decided the safe course of action was to divert to a VFR airport that also happened to have company maintenance. The flight was completed safely without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier flight crew reported multiple bird strikes on departure led to a diversion.

Narrative: At 800 AGL climbing out of GEG off of RWY 3 we experienced multiple bird strikes to the Captain's windshield and right wing inboard slat. The RVR for RWY 3 GEG was 800RVR so we decided to proceed to our takeoff alternate; where the weather was VFR. Although CATIII was available to RWY 3 in GEG we decided the safe course of action was to divert to a VFR airport that also happened to have company maintenance. The flight was completed safely without further incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.