DCHP-1 Online
alarm bird Obs. 
See 1911 quote.
- 1771 (1911) I did not see any birds peculiar to those parts, except what the Copper Indians call the "Alarm Bird" . . . of the owl genus.
- 1853 Whenever it sees any creature passing . . . it mounts up into the air . . . keeping up a constant screeching. . . . From this circumstance the Indians of these parts call it the "alarm bird," or "bird of warning". . . .
- 1911 The Alarm bird is probably the Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus . . . of the Barren Grounds.
- 1771 (1911) I did not see any birds peculiar to those parts, except what the Copper Indians call the "Alarm Bird" . . . of the owl genus.