methods of communication

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 68849

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "thetruthisoutthere_13" 
<free_lunch_club at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kewpie" <dkewpie at p...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > But if Owls can find the Dursleys even in the shack in the 
> middle 
> > of 
> > > the Stormy Lake, and Sirius can use birds of paradise to send 
> his 
> > > mails, and Sirius "has more reliable methods of communication" 
> than 
> > > the fireplace in Umbridge's office, then why didn't Snape 
employ 
> > any 
> > > of these methods to contact Harry?
> 
> This brings up another question: if Owls (or birds) can pretty much 
> find anyone, why didn't the MoM use an owl to find Sirius in the 
> PoA, or anytime after he escaped? 
> 
> This has bugged me since I first read PoA. 
> 
> -kg

Good question.

But unlike, say, Lassie, who can lead the family to show them that 
Timmy has fallen in a well, Owls apparently just do their jobs and 
don't go sharing their mail delivery routes with anyone.

That's just a guess.

Indigo