06/19/2026
For birders in Florida, the definitive research text.
On Orange Audubon’s annual online auction, we again have a special book that you might bid on — and win for a steal—to include in your library.
It is The Birdlife of Florida by Henry M. Stevenson and Bruce H. Anderson. 1994. University Press of Florida. 892 pages, originally sold for $120.00 hardback, now out of print and sold for $300.
In his 1995 Tampa Bay Times article, “The Making of Henry Stevenson’s Epic Book: Obsession and Glory,” Jeff Klinkenberg cites this as the most ambitious research undertaking in Florida ornithology by a single man since the 1930s.
Read more about this in Orange Audubon's June OASis newsletter, p. 8https://orangeaudubonfl.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/OASis_2026_6_June.pdf
Since Bruce Anderson lives locally, participates in our Christmas Birds Counts and is part of our birding community, it is even more special to have this book in your library.
The high bidder will receive a copy of the book, custom autographed by Bruce Anderson especially for the winner. Thank you, Bruce for this massive work. Here is the auction link. https://new.biddingowl.com/OrangeAudubonSociety
The auction closes June 22nd 7pm.
