Owl post

[Amy Z]

Tracy wrote:

> If I ever get my letter accepting me to Hogwarts, I've already 
chosen 
> my owl.  :-)  I volunteer at a wildlife rehab clinic, and we 
> currently have a patient that everyone refers to as "the cutest owl 
> ever".  She is a saw-whet owl, about 5 inches tall with huge yellow 
> eyes.  Despite her tiny size she tries to act big and scary when I 
> take her out of the cage for her treatments - hopping, flapping, 
and 
> clacking her beak.  

AWWWWWWW!

I saw one of these last year during an excellent live-animal show all 
about owls, at which the owl-rescue guy who was presenting admirably 
avoided making even the slightest reference to HP.  I, of course, was 
thinking HP the entire time, especially when he introduced us to the 
saw-whet owl.  He said it's the smallest owl in the . . . United 
States?  Northeast?  (This was in Massachusetts.)  

Pigwidgeon is probably a Scops, but I still thought of him when I saw 
the owl smaller than this man's hand, and barely restrained myself 
from saying, "ooh, look at the weeny owl!"

Amy Z