Eagle Owl (was Beastly Li'l Snape)

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 37813

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Ms Lizard Gizzard <lizgiz1980 at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- pippin_999 wrote:
> > and Draco has his eagle owl. 
> 
> DRACO owns the eagle owl???  I have been trying 
> to figure out whose eagle owl was mentioned in GoF.
> 
> Page 540 (American)  "An eagle owl flew through 
> the coil of smoke from Hagrid's chimne; it soared 
> toward the castle, around the Owlery, and out of 
> sight."
> 
> At first glance, you think it's just a peaceful 
> aside - a description of the scenery.  But in his
> Dream later in the story, Harry rides an eagle owl 
> to Voldemort's lair.
> 
> I had assumed that the eagle owl belonged to
> Crouch/Moody.  I never dreamed it was Draco's. 
> 
> Is this evidence that Draco himself is in contact 
> with Voldemort?  Or do you suppose that all Death
> Eaters have eagle owls?
> 
> LizGiz

There is no canon to back up the eagle owl theory. We do know that 
Draco gets food from his parents via an eagle owl (Harry mentions it in 
PS at the very beggining, when he's explaining us how the mornings go 
at Hogwarts). The stretch of asuming that it is the same eagle owl that 
Harry "flies" is one I'm not willing to do, but it is possible from a 
theorical point of view. We cannot dismiss either that the DE used 
eagle owls for communication, but again there's no canon for that.

Against the theory is the fact that none of the three DE we know use 
it: V has Nagini, Wormtail has (if any) a rat and Criuch Jr. didn't 
look like having one (I should remind everyone in the list that we do 
not, in fact, know for certain that Draco's father was a DE: there 
could be another Malfoy - and a Crabbe and a Goyle too. No, I too 
believe that they're guilty, but Harry didn't *really* see their 
faces).

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf