Evil owls!

[Paul Smith, unfortunately.]

No: HPFGUIDX 56719

Hey everyone,

How many other people have noticed that the only times eagle owls 
appear in the books are with or connected to Dark (or potentially 
Dark) wizards?  The only person I can say for sure who has one is 
Draco Malfoy, as it's seen bringing him sweets from home.  The only 
other sighting of one I can remember is when Harry can see Hagrid 
digging up earth near his cabin to bury 100 gold coins in preparation 
for the COMC lesson with the Nifflers in GOF. 

The eagle owl "flew through the coil of smoke rising from Hagrid's 
chimney; it soared towards the castle, around the Owlery and out of 
sight".  A considerable time later, Moody!Crouch Jr. is quick on the 
scene when his father makes it to Hogwarts and Crouch Jr. later 
confesses to having received word that his father had escaped.

My idea is that the eagle owl that Harry saw from the Owlery was the 
one from Voldemort notifying Moody!Crouch Jr. of Crouch Sr's escape.  
I know the timeframe involved is highly questionable, as not many 
people on here will able to say certainly how long it takes to walk 
to Scotland from wherever the Crouches lived.  Anyway, judging from 
the book I'd say Crouch Sr's journey took him at least over a 
fortnight to complete, and he was probably hampered considerably by 
the fact that he kept slipping back into a trance, seen by Harry and 
Krum when he arrived.  As much as it is unlikely, I'd say it is 
totally feasible for that eagle owl to have been sent on Voldemort's 
orders.
  
As I, like many others, have overlooked small details like this in 
the past, I'll keep it in mind when I'm reading OOP to be extremely 
suspicious of any eagle owls that are unaccounted for.

Anyone who has seen another eagle owl please let me know, and does 
anyone see sense in my fears, or even agree with them?  Ta, Suze. 
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