Screech-owl
A screech-owl — its shrill cry an old omen of death — often touches being shocked by news of the desperate illness or death of a dear friend. The dream may ask whose decline you most dread hearing of, and whether the startling, piercing note breaking the night's quiet is the herald of grievous news about someone you hold close.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for screech-owl, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream that you hear the shrill startling notes of the screech-owl, denotes that you will be shocked with news of the desperate illness, or death of some dear friend.