Narrative:

On departure just after rotation, hit a large bird that impacted the first officer's windscreen. No damage noted. Shortly after impact, departure control instructed us to fly heading 230 degrees. I confirmed this heading with the first officer and he read back assigned heading 230 degrees. Switched control to washington departure who informed us that our heading should be 320 degrees. They instructed to turn to a heading of 360 degrees to avoid other controled airspace. No conflict with other aircraft/airspace occurred. Lesson learned: the bird strike may have distraction both of us whereby we both confirmed an incorrect assigned heading. That might have happened, however, we both felt that our initial acknowledgement was correct.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 CREW DEPARTING BWI WERE DISTR BY A BIRD STRIKE AND TRANSPOSED A 320 DEG HDG TO A 230 DEG HDG COMMANDED BY ATC.

Narrative: ON DEP JUST AFTER ROTATION, HIT A LARGE BIRD THAT IMPACTED THE FO'S WINDSCREEN. NO DAMAGE NOTED. SHORTLY AFTER IMPACT, DEP CTL INSTRUCTED US TO FLY HDG 230 DEGS. I CONFIRMED THIS HDG WITH THE FO AND HE READ BACK ASSIGNED HDG 230 DEGS. SWITCHED CTL TO WASHINGTON DEP WHO INFORMED US THAT OUR HDG SHOULD BE 320 DEGS. THEY INSTRUCTED TO TURN TO A HDG OF 360 DEGS TO AVOID OTHER CTLED AIRSPACE. NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER ACFT/AIRSPACE OCCURRED. LESSON LEARNED: THE BIRD STRIKE MAY HAVE DISTR BOTH OF US WHEREBY WE BOTH CONFIRMED AN INCORRECT ASSIGNED HDG. THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED, HOWEVER, WE BOTH FELT THAT OUR INITIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WAS CORRECT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.