BURT, Homer Clarence
BURT, Homer Clarence (1888-1934), Arkansas-born clothing salesman and avocational oologist whose egg collection is located at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology. In 1911, Burt, Walter Harrison, and fellow oologist Sidney Peyton spent March 14-20 on Anacapa Island collecting eggs. They were transported by H. Bay Webster aboard his boat, Anacapa.
Directory of Members, Cooper Ornithological Club, May 1914:
- H. C. Burt. Monolith, Kern Co., CA 1910
Burt collected on:
- ANACAPA ISLAND (1911)
- SAN MIGUEL ISLAND (1905)
- 1911. Burt, H. C. An early spring trip to Anacapa Island The Condor 13(5):164-167, September 1911
Island Collections~
ANACAPA ISLAND
5/15/1911 NMNH birds
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Anacapa Island | H. C. Burt & S. B. Peyton | WFVZ | May 15, 1911 | WFVZ-39560 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Anacapa Island (Cat Rock) | H. C. Burt | WFVZ | May 15, 1911 | WFVZ-80897 | Brachyramphus hypoleucus | Eggs |
| Anacapa Island | H. C. Burt & S. B. Peyton | WFVZ | May 15, 1911 | WFVZ-32392 | Haliaeetus leucophalus | Eggs |
SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) | H. C. Burt | WFVZ | June 5, 1905 | WFVZ-32098 | Lunda cirrhata | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island | H. C. Burt | WFVZ | June 5, 1905 | WFVZ-80943 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
In the News~
May 16, 1905 [OC]: “The party of young men, consisting of Lester DeWitt of this city, Charles and Homer Burt and Elmer Hames of Santa Paula, who went over to Santa Cruz Island, returned last week. They report a very good time and say that the yacht Vishnu and Captain Merry are strictly all right. They had little mishap, except that DeWitt fell out of the boat once and swallowed over a gallon of very salty water before the skiff could reach him. As he is a good swimmer, he was in no danger…”
May 26, 1905 [OC]: “The party of young men, consisting of Lester DeWitt, Homer Burt and Elmer Hames of Santa Paula, who went over to Santa Cruz Island, returned last week. They report a very good time and say that the yacht Vishnu and Captain Merry are strictly all right… They are arranging to go again in the near future…”
June 1, 1906 [OC]: “A party of Oxnarders, composed of Lester DeWitt, Homer Burt, Allen Frayer, C. J. Rotbert, Lawrence Rundle, Antonio Rubiales, James Denton and Raymond Hope, will embark from Port Hueneme tomorrow evening in Captain Merry’s yacht for a ten-days’ cruise to the Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands.”
June 8, 1906 [SBMP]: “The power yacht Vishnu, Captain Merry, came into port yesterday noon having as passengers Professor Appleton of Chicago, and his two assistants, Homer C. Burt and H. S. Hedrick. These members are members of the Audubon Society and are enthusiastic ornithologists...”
June 18, 1906 [OC]: “A party consisting of Homer Burt, Lester DeWitt… of this city returned last Friday from a visit to the islands off the coast of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. It was a trip with two objects in view—pleasure and a knowledge of that most interesting of all Nature’s studies—birds… Said Homer Burt to a representative of the Courier: ‘We left Hueneme on the evening of June 2nd on the steam sailing launch Vishnu, Captain H. T. Merry…”
July 11, 1934 [LAT]: “Deaths. Burt. July 10, Homer C. Burt, beloved husband of Hazel B. Burt; loving brother of Lena Whisler, Charles and Roy Burt.”
