Except that I think you yourself are the bird of ill omen.

Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen.

"I am right glad you did, for they are truly birds of ill omen!"

Ravens were birds of omen; I wondered whether this one meant us good or ill.

He should have remembered I was always a bird of ill omen.

But West led the club four, a bird of ill omen.

A Ringworld in flight would be a bird of ill omen.

He hunched his shoulders like some bird of ill omen.

Carrion always wore black, like the bird of ill omen he was.

From olden times it has been considered to be a bird of good omen.