Firstly WELCOME BACK PHXFLYER
Your right and Butch is wrong (surprise surprise (doing Gomer Pyle) ) from the video of the Hudson crash it was a clear day (bad broadway tunes now in head...on a clear day you can see forever)(and no have have not been in the embalming room snuffing fumes).
They reported birds found in engines, on internet they said they even brought in experts from Smithsonian that identified the bird remains as huge geese.