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Alison's fishing birds / Roderick Haig-Brown ; foreword by Andrew Nikiforuk ; illustrations by Sheryl McDougald and Jim Rimmer.

by Haig-Brown, Roderick, 1908-1976.

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Caitlin Press, 2017.

Birds -- Juvenile fiction.

Piscivorous birds -- Juvenile fiction.

9781987915198 (hc.)

45 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Previously published: Vancouver: Colophon Books, 1980.

First published as a limited edition in 1980 by Colophon Books, Alison's Fishing Birds by BC's acclaimed author and conservationist Roderick Haig-Brown is the story of a young girl's encounter with some of BC's most intriguing river birds. Alison's favourite bird, the Dipper, lives along the river by her house. She spends many hours watching the "fierce and splendid" bird as it fishes for dinner, "bob, bob, bobbing" as it skitters and dives below the surface, always emerging with a tiny fish. Farther up the river bank, Alison catches a glimpse of the Belted Kingfisher hovering above the water, just waiting patiently for the perfect moment to "drop like a stone, headfirst in the water" only to emerge a few seconds later with a tiny wiggling silver fish in its beak. Alison encounters many other birds on her adventures and, true to Haig-Brown's other stories, every bird, whether it is the Osprey, the Heron, or the Merganser, all have a lesson to share about their life and the natural world around them.

Canadian fiction, Juvenile.

McDougald, Sheryl, 1957-

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