Musings about Eagle Owls

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27308

Susanne wrote:

The Malfoy family owns an 
> eagle owl (we hear about that various times, it always brings Draco 
> parcels with sweets from home). But then, this animal is mentioned 
> twice in GoF and in very interesting points:

> <snipped quotation of Harry seeing an eagle own and then dreaming 
about one>

> The first citation, IMO, must be the letter Moody/Crouch jr. gets 
> from Pettigrew about Crouch sr. having escaped.

<snip quotation>

> And the second is the letter Moody/Crouch sends back to Voldemort 
to 
> report that he has successfully got Crouch sr. out of the way.
> 
> The Malfoys' owl and the one that carries letters back and forth 
> between Voldemort and Moody/Crouch clearly can't be the same. 

Great Post!  But can we really be sure about whether it is the same 
owl or not?  Perhaps Moody is using Malfoy's owl.  It seems that the 
school owls are barn owls, and Moody doesn't have an owl.  Wormtail 
doesn't have an owl, either.  So does Moody have permission to use 
Draco's owl?  Maybe.  Does this indicate that Draco learned about the 
plot to restore Voldemort from his dad and is cooperating?  Hmmm.

As for the dream, I always thought this was another example of Harry 
dreaming something that was about to happen to him, not that he is 
dreaming about a letter being sent.  The idea would be that Harry 
is "seeing" the conclusion of the Triwizard Tournament when he will 
fly straight to Voldemort and Wormtail.

Cindy