Rancoura's "best friend" when she was a young'un (a long, long time ago) was an Illithoid, but these days she harbours a tiny bit of repulsion for them (though her behaviour would never hint at this, with her decorum being one of her most important …
I know there is another place that really struck a chord in my aesthetic sensibilities, but strangely I can't remember where or what it is. Besides that, it would be the beautiful manse I designed. Also, despite the fact that it isn't what I thought…
So as a note there are different breeds of owl as well - the burrowing owls in Oleanvir, the great horned owls in the southern mountains, and whatever kind of owl delivers Serenwilde's mail (which is a grey or barn owl, perhaps? - it's been a long, …
Also wakabi (ostrich-like birds in the Skarch), chickens in villages and the pigeons that harass Hallifax in vermin form, cockatrices in the hills south of Glomdoring... and there are ducks somewhere.
Seagulls and pelicans (I think?) in the Toronada Tidal Flats and, I believe, albatross flying over the Inner Sea (or at least Bondero Bay). Also horned owls in the southern mountains, and hummingbirds in New Celest (?).