It took a ten-hour road trip, and I wasn't even looking for him, but I found Raven Ravenson!

Fit enough for Slavic fairy tales and to be Odin's companion alike (he looked more like Munnin to me), I interpreted the appearance of this jaw-dropping specimen as a very good sign.

Of course, I'm pretty much IN LOVE with darker-than-darkest-night Corvus birds, so I might be slightly biased.