I'm sorry that you are feeling bad after your accident today with the little bird.
Of course I have a bird story as well. I was driving near a nesting area that the geese use and saw two sitting on the side of the rode. They were right next to the road on their nest. As I drove by the BOTH took flight! One hit the corner of my door and the other landed on the hood of my car and rolled across the hood, up the windshield and over my OPEN sunroof~all the while honking! It was the scariest thing ever and nothing that I could have done to prevent it. I decided to turn around and surprisingly neither was laying in the road. I have no idea how they were not there.