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"Harry had received two letters from Sirius since he had been back at Privet Drive. Both had been delivered, not by owls (as was usual with wizards), but by large, brightly coloured tropical birds. Hedwig had not approved of these flashy intruders; she had been most reluctant to allow them to drink from her water tray before flying off again."
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These tropical birds were used by Sirius Black to correspond with Harry Potter, rather than owls. They were native to the place where Sirius hid out in 1994. They were said to barely fit through Harry's bedroom window and thus were apparently larger than most owls.[1][2]

Hedwig did not approve of them, considering them to be "flashy intruders" and did not like them drinking from her water tray. Harry, on the other hand, liked them because they put him in mind of palm trees and white sand, leading him to believe that Sirius Black had gone somewhere south with bright sunlight where Dementors would not survive long.[1]

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