A B757 INCURS SEVERE FAN BLADE DAMAGE DURING A BIRD STRIKE INGESTION ON TKOF FROM MCO; FL.

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OUR FLT STARTED OUR TKOF ROLL ON RWY 35. THERE WAS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN SOUND; IN PITCH BTWN THE 2 ENGS; BUT NOTHING ABNORMAL. ACCELERATION WAS FAIRLY RAPID AS WE WERE WELL BELOW MAX GROSS TKOF WT. PRIOR TO V1/VR; A LONE SEAGULL WAS SPOTTED JUST TO THE R OF CTRLINE. I REQUESTED THE FO TO WATCH THE ENG INSTS AS WE PASSED HIS POS ON THE RWY. THE TKOF WAS CONTINUED AND DURING THE CLBOUT; WE DISCUSSED THE BIRD THAT WE HAD SPOTTED ON TKOF; WITH THE JUMP SEAT PLT; AND CONCLUDED THAT; GIVEN NO INDICATION OF AN ENG SPIKE OR ANY ENG INST INDICATING ABNORMALITY; THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE. (ALSO THE VIBRATION INDICATOR FOR THE R ENG NEVER INDICATED HIGHER THAN NORMAL.) THE FLT CONTINUED ON TO CVG WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON REACHING THE GATE AT CVG; BOTH THE FO AND I WENT DOWN TO INSPECT THE R ENG AND WAS SURPRISED AT THE BENT FAN BLADES. KNOWING THE HISTORY OF THE PW2037 ENG; AND HAVING RIDDEN NEXT TO THE FAN SECTION OF OUR ROLLS 777 ENG; NOISY AND ROUGH; AND PST EXPERIENCE WITH C130 AND C141 ENGS; I WAS SURPRISED AT THE DAMAGE. IN 35 YRS AS A PLT; I HAVE HAD SEVERAL BIRD STRIKES; BUT NONE; FORTUNATELY; IN AN ENG. I CONSIDER MYSELF A VERY SAFE PLT; AND IN THE FUTURE; KNOWING OF ANY SIMILAR DAMAGE; I WOULD RETURN TO THE AIRFIELD.