bird strike?

[MD_Wild_Weasel]

Im going to have to ask this as its pretty unbelievable but quite possible due to the level of detail in this game. Let me explain.
I had just finninshed a quick mission and was goin to try and find a place to land , however i was on comms talking to my squad mates about how stuff and my attention was diverted to looking at the map. When i looked back to forward view i had blood on the front of my canopy! My squaddies joked on how i had been shot by an enemy , but the blood was on the outside as if i had run into something. After a few minutes the engine revs dropped rapidly and i was getting lotsof messages saying this and that had failed and my engine grinded to a halt.
O.k now this was one of either two things. Either oil has been coloured dark red or i`d run into a bird. Im hoping its the bird as this was dipicted in one of Olegs recent screenies , but still i would love some clarification on this.