Evil owls!

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No: HPFGUIDX 56727

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Paul Smith, unfortunately." 
<suzie_t666 at h...> wrote:
> 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?  
> 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. 


I thought there was a connection between eagle owls and those who 
serve he-who-shall-not-be-named as well.  Another passage has Harry 
dreaming he is riding the back of an eagle owl that takes him to the 
Riddle House.  I believe there is also a part where Hermonie gives 
Harry an eagle owl quill as a gift.  I have always wondered if there 
was some significance.
-Diane (who would have taken a ball-point pen to Hogwarts if she ever 
got a letter)