AN ACR ACFT LANDED IN MKJS AND STRUCK FIVE SMALL SWALLOW BIRDS AFTER LCL ATC WARNED OF NUMEROUS DEAD BIRDS ON THE RWY.

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UPON BEING CLRED FOR A VISUAL AND CLRED TO LAND AT MBJ; TWR SAID THAT THE PREVIOUS ACFT HAD RPTED NUMEROUS DEAD BIRDS ON THE RWY. TWR SAID THAT RWY 7 WAS NOW CLOSED DUE TO BIRD ACTIVITY WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS AN ODD CALL FROM THE TWR. WHY? WE ASKED THE TWR TO GIVE US A MORE SPECIFIC RPT -- KIND OF BIRDS; SIZE; LOCATION OF DEAD BIRDS; ETC. HE COULD NOT COME WITH ANY ANSWERS. WE HAD 11100 LBS OF FUEL; WE WERE GOOD FOR KINGSTON (OUR ALTERNATE); BUT WE KNEW KINGSTON WOULD BE IN WORSE SHAPE SINCE HURRICANE 'A' HAD HIT IT HARDER THAN HURRICANE 'B.' WE THOUGHT OF FLYING TO MIA; BUT WITH THAT FUEL AND THE WX WE HAD JUST FLOWN THROUGH; WE KNEW IT WOULD BE VERY RISKY. KINGSTON WAS ANOTHER QUESTIONABLE PLACE TO GO TO. WE ASKED THE TWR FOR A FLY-BY AT 1000 FT AGL TO OBSERVE THE RWY. UPON MAKING THE FLY-BY WE CLBED TO PATTERN ALT 1500 FT; AND DECIDED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT INDICATED IT WOULD BE UNSAFE TO LAND. WE TOLD TWR THAT IF THEY HAD THE ARPT OPEN THAT WE WANTED TO LAND. HE SAID THE RWY WAS OPEN AND WE WERE CLRED TO LAND; NOTHING ELSE WAS ADDED TO THE CLRNC. WE LANDED AND WE SAW NUMEROUS FLOCKS OF 'SWALLOW' BIRDS THAT WERE PRETTY MUCH FLYING ALL OVER THE EDGE OF THE RWY WITH SOME FLYING OVER THE RWY AS THEY WERE PUSHED TO THE OCEAN BY THE STRONG XWINDS. UPON EXAM OF THE ACFT AT THE GATE; WE FOUND THERE WERE 5 BIRD 'SWALLOW' STRIKES IN THE LEADING EDGE AND UNDERNEATH THE FLAP AREA WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE. THESE ARE VERY SMALL BIRDS. WE CALLED MAINT; THEY DID AN INSPECTION AND WE LEFT MBJ BACK TO ZZZ. THERE WERE OTHER ACFT LNDG AND TAKING OFF AFTERWARD.