what Quinn said is basically what i was thinking of when it came to the Noctowl statue idea.
the one with the open wings wouldn't be bad someplace else like in the gym behing the gym leader or elsewhere in the city.
and if yall are going to have the region connected to johto it would be a good idea to have noctowl in there somewhere though i'm not entirely sure as to how Nintendo chooses the pokemon from the previous games that would be found in the newer regions...