A little over a year ago, Madena Bennett got a text from the California Wildlife Center about a “white bird” that animal control had brought in. Bennett, a wildlife rehabber, expected the usual—a captive dove that had been released at a wedding or a religious event. Instead, she arrived to quite a surprise: a young albino Common Raven. Albino ravens are some of the rarest birds in existence; the bird Bennett found at the CWC was believed to be one of just four albino ravens in the entire world. “These kind of creatures are more mythology than reality,” Bennett says. After realizing that the adolescent standout couldn’t make it on its own, Bennett, who used to be a volunteer at the center, took the female fledgling home and applied for the federal permits to take care of her. The two-month-old raven was afraid to be alone, and she took up residence on a perch next to Bennett’s bed. Though she was shy at first, she soon began acting more her age . . . and...