Owl species/Sirius's hiding place

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "lisa amphoteric" wrote:

> Roger Highfield's _The Science of Harry Potter_ (lovely book, even
> if nobody but me bothered to review it on Amazon UK) suggests Pig
> is an elf owl, too, and mentions that they're native to Mexico and
> the southwestern part of the US. 
> 
> When I first read that, I was surprised, as I'd assumed (not sure 
> why) that Sirius had been in Africa, and that the bird would have 
> been from there if not native to Britain, but I suppose there's no 
> real reason it would be, is there? 

I assumed that Sirius's "somewhere warm" hiding place was a Caribbean 
island, but I also assumed that he sent Pig from "en route" to 
wherever he was "planning to allow some Muggles to glimpse me soon, a 
long way from Hogwarts" --- which for no reason I assumed was France.