The new trailer (it's "Trailer 3" on that page) for Lord of the Rings Online looks awesome! It's the first trailer with a lot of actual in-game footage and it really just makes me wish the game was in Beta now (and that I was in said Beta, heh).

If you watch the trailer, you'll notice one of the characters has a bird following him -- which seems to be his pet! It doesn't fight (at least not that I could tell) but who knows, maybe you can use it for scouting or something. I wonder which class it was... Must find out more info!