Hello Kindheart!

My totem animals are raven and crow. To differentiate between the two, raven is a VERY large bird, even young ravens tend to be bigger than crows, and crow is small. You can easily tell the difference by the way they sound when they are alive. Crows are the little black birds that hang around town, and roads, scavengers of peoples litter and garbage. Ravens tend to be more isolated in wilderness - but not always.

Anyways, Raven, is the trickster, and shape shifter, the only mythological bird with powers alive. Crow can be seen as his little miniature at times, but crow is not the same.

Anyway, it seems to me more likely, you saw a dead Crow, as it seems an apartment would be in a city atmosphere, but i could be wrong, hopefully my description helps you out.

Anyways, people get the wrong impression of Raven and Crow. Raven, for example, is a trickster, but it's not true he brings bad luck. He just likes to help us, and guide us, and teach us powerful things, in funny and amusing ways. He is not a bad omen, neither is crow, they are very powerful and good signs. You may want to examine your thoughts around the time you saw it, or examine what you were doing - Crow or Raven may be trying to teach you something amazing, or perhaps steering you away from trouble.

Anyways, the very same thing happened to me. So I will gladly share my story, you may get something from it.

It was during the summer and i frequently ran into crow feathers, and my little buddies would follow me everywhere. Every time i was gifted with a feather, it was a good thing. They are peculiar birds, they work in mysterious ways, but never will they bring misfortune. I was doing very good for awhile, meaning, my life was uplifted, i was on a good path.
However, something happened to steer me off course, and i began to indulge in drinking with friends down by the park.
Upon riding my bike to the park, i was battling my mind of, should i drink or not today. And then, i saw a dead crow on the side of the road.
At once i knew why I found him. It was not a good idea to drink. All i knew was i had to give him a sacred burial, and do a ceremony, and that i had been gifted this amazing thing, thus drinking was not in the question anyways. I had a ceremony for him, offered him tobacco, and left him by a river shore, which felt to me like the right thing to do, and I took his wing so i could use it in ceremonies down the road. Unfortunately, i was not in a good mind space back then, and i went back to drinking later down the road, and lost the wing. My gift was taken back because i messed up. It may have been wrong of me to take his wing in the first place. But all i know, was the the dead crow, was a good sign, of guidance, steering me back onto the right road. It's our choice if we follow it or not, or if we want to understand what the message is. Of course, we find death, as something bad. But it really is not a bad thing, it is such an amazing thing. To find a dead crow is rare, and very amazing and powerful. It would be good to give such an amazing and powerful creature a proper burial. Perhaps he may even want to be your spirit guide.