owl mail

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 7214

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "naama " <naama_gat at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "milz " <absinthe at m...> wrote:
> > naama wrote:
> > > I have a little question regarding the hunderd owls that swoop 
into 
> > > the dining room every morning: Why do all these owls arrive at 
> > once? 
> > > After all, people get owl mail every hour of the day and night 
> > > anyway. 
> > > I thought that maybe families that don't have owls of their own 
> > would 
> > > send an owl in the morning from the post office. But that 
doesn't 
> > > make sense, because the owls come from all over the place and 
it 
> > > would take them different amounts of time to reach Hogwarts. 
[do 
> > you 
> > > say that - 'differnt amounts of time'? I sometimes have trouble 
> > with 
> > > colloquialisms.]
> > > 
> > > Naama
> > 
> > Perhaps morning is the scheduled time for mail at Hogwarts. It 
would 
> > be rather inconvenient if owls swooped in at any time of day to 
> > deliver a package or letter (doubt Snape would tolerate an owl 
> > delivery in the middle of Potions)
> > 
> > :-) Milz
> 
> 
> Thanks for the answer, Milz. I actually thought of a reasonable 
answer about three minutes 
> (obviously) after I posted the message. The owls arrive at the 
owlery at different times 
> during the night, and then "swoop" into the dining room at 
breakfast. There still remains a 
> little question about how they know to wait till morning. On 
holidays Hedwig brings Harry 
> letters and packages during the night too. Well.. I guess its not 
really important, the owls 
> just know that at Hogwarts they have to wait till morning. 
(Although -  wouldn't it be 
> uncomfortable for them to sit on their perches with letters or 
packages tied to their legs? 
> And can you imagine Pigwidgeon just sitting quietly when he has a 
letter to deliver? He'd 
> probably drive the other owls crazy, hopping and flying around with 
excitment.)
> 
> Naama, in obsessive pursuit of consistency.

Since owls are nocturnal animals, perhaps they roost in a owlery 
office somewhere until nighttime to deliver the mail? In SS/PS the TV 
reporter is commenting on the unusual number of daytime owl 
sightings. Maybe they were "special delivery" owls.

:-)Milz