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<span style="color:#006400">'''PEMBERTON, John Rothwell “Bill”'''</span> (1884-1968)[SS#570-03-4456], Los Angeles-born Stanford educated petroleum geologist and engineer by training, and ornithologist by avocation. He authored over 30 publications in ornithology and co-produced a film on the life of a condor starting at birth. Pemberton visited Santa Cruz Island from March 25-April 5, 1927 with a side trip to the eastern portion of Santa Rosa Island looking at birds from April 2 to 4, 1927:
: “Through the generosity of Mr. Silsby M. Spaulding who placed at our disposal his splendid cruiser ''Padariva II'' the writer [Pemberton] accompanied by H. W. Carriger, Dudley DeGroot, and O. W. Howard was enabled to spend the period from March 25 to April 5, 1927, inclusive, among the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California. Howard alone had visited the islands during the nesting season some twenty years before, the rest of us had long craved a chance of clambering over their rugged slopes, and Howard was eager to revisit the spots he had seen so long ago... We visited all of the islands excepting San Nicolas...”  [Condor 30:2 (144), March-April 1928]

Pemberton also visited Santa Barbara Island on November 11 and 12, 1928 where he reported two ravens "doubtlessly attracted to the island by some recently imported sheep which are rapidly dying because of the absence of fresh water on this island." 

Pemberton was a Vail family friend who represented Vail & Vickers, owners of Santa Rosa Island, in oil matters. In 1949, encouraged by both the non-commercial showing of oil from Santa Rosa Island well, Tecolote #1, and by Signal and Honolulu geologists, Pemberton, along with Vail and Vickers family members, decided to form an in-house joint venture on the heels of the 1949 departure of Signal-Honolulu-Macco from Santa Rosa Island. Pemberton wrote:
: “This joint venture group intends to drill to the base of the Sespe formation at a location between 1500' and 3000' northeast of Tecolote #1 in hopes of finding a thickening down structure of the oil zone found in that well. The well will be under the supervision of Mr. Harold Hoots and myself.” [25 April 1949] 

Since Robert E. Anderson was so familiar with the island's geology, he was “loaned ” by his employer, Signal Oil & Gas, to assist with the J. R. Pemberton venture. Signal Gas & Oil attorney, Sloan Flack, also invested in the syndicate. Louis H. Scott of Chino, California was hired as the drilling contractor. Three shallow holes were drilled: Tecolote #2 which ran to a depth of 2,284 feet, Tecolote #3 which ran to a depth of 1,585 feet, and a core hole located toward the island's west end. All proved dry and were capped in 1949 and 1950. During the Pemberton operations, Louis Scott and his crew stayed at the rehabilitated World War II barracks previously used by the Signal-Honolulu-Macco crew. Henceforth this island location has been known as Scott's Camp. All materials were barged and landed on the beach at Water Canyon. 

Pemberton was also a close friend of Ed Harrison and founding board member of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology [WFVZ]. Many of his egg sets as well as copies of his field notes are deposited in the WFVZ library in Camarillo, California. 


Directory of Members, Cooper Ornithological Club, May 1914:
* J. R. Pemberton. 71 Clarendon Ave., San Francisco, CA 1900.


J. R. Pemberton = Fredonna Diane King (1914-1987)


Pemberton died at age 83. He is buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles.


Pemberton collected sets of bald eagles eggs on:
* Isla Natividad (1940)
* San Miguel Island (April 1, 1927)
* Santa Rosa Island (March 28, 1927)
* Santa Cruz Island (March 11, 1928)
* Santa Catalina Island (February 22, 1929)


Pemberton collected on all eight California Channel Islands:

* [[#ANACAPA ISLAND|ANACAPA ISLAND]] (1927, 1929)
* [[#SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND|SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND]] (1927)
* [[#SAN MIGUEL ISLAND|SAN MIGUEL ISLAND]] (1927, 1929)
* [[#SAN NICOLAS ISLAND|SAN NICOLAS ISLAND]] (1929)
* [[#SANTA BARBARA ISLAND|SANTA BARBARA ISLAND]] (1927, 1933)
* [[#SANTA CATALINA ISLAND|SANTA CATALINA ISLAND]] (1929)
* [[#SANTA CRUZ ISLAND|SANTA CRUZ ISLAND]] (1927, 1928, 1929)
* [[#SANTA ROSA ISLAND|SANTA ROSA ISLAND]] (1924, 1927, 1928)


'''BAJA CALIFORNIA ISLANDS'''

* [[#ISLA CEDROS|ISLA CEDROS]] (1930)
* [[#ISLA NATIVIDAD|ISLA NATIVIDAD]] (1930)
* [[#ISLAS SAN BENITO|ISLAS SAN BENITO]] (1930)






Pemberton correspondence (1913-1930) is in the files of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley.

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'''» Pemberton, J. R.''' ''Additions to the known avifauna of the Santa Barbara Islands'' in Condor 30:2 (144-148) March-April 1928
[[https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v030n02/p0144-p0148.pdf]]


[https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v031n01/p0037-p0037.pdf|'''» Pemberton, J. R.''' ''Some new records for Santa Barbara Island'' in Condor 31:1 (37) January-February 1929]

'''» Pemberton, J. R.''' ''New Records from the Channel Islands of Southern California'' in Condor 33:5 (218-219) September-October, 1931

'''» Pemberton, J. R.''' ''Vaux swift on Santa Rosa Island'' in Condor 54:1 (62) January-February 1952



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=====<span style="color:#006400">Island Collections~</span>=====


===== ANACAPA ISLAND =====


{| class="wikitable "
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| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' || 
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| Anacapa Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 28, 1927||WFVZ-2927|| ''Pelecanus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
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| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
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| Anacapa Island (Cat Rock) ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"| J. R. Pemberton]] ||WFVZ||May 19, 1929||WFVZ-2543|| ''Haematopus bachmani'' ||Eggs
|-
|}



===== SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND =====


{| class="wikitable "
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| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' || 
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| San Clemente Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 26, 1927||WFVZ-5771|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus'' ||Eggs
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| San Clemente Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 26, 1927||WFVZ-5772|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus'' ||Eggs
|-
|}



===== SAN MIGUEL ISLAND =====


{| class="wikitable "
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| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' || 
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| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 31, 1927||WFVZ-201|| ''Ptychoramphus aleuticus'' ||Eggs
|-
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 31, 1927||WFVZ-202|| ''Ptychoramphus aleuticus'' ||Eggs
|-
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 31, 1927||WFVZ-192121|| ''Ptychoramphus aleuticus'' ||Eggs
|-
| San Miguel Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||April 1, 1927||WFVZ-52456|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||June 3, 1928||WFVZ-192121|| ''Phalacrocorax pelagicus'' ||Eggs
|-
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||June 3, 1928||WFVZ-874|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) ||[[STEVENS, Lawrence Theodore “Laurie”| L. T. Stevens ]] & [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || SBMNH||May 25, 1929||SBMNH-22162|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) ||[[STEVENS, Lawrence Theodore “Laurie”| L. T. Stevens ]] & [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || SBMNH||May 25, 1929||SBMNH-22163|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
|}


===== SANTA BARBARA ISLAND =====


{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' || 
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 27, 1927||WFVZ-2916|| ''Phalacrocorax penilillatus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 27, 1927||WFVZ-2917|| ''Phalacrocorax penilillatus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 27, 1927||WFVZ-6205|| ''Zonotrichia melodia'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-851|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-852|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-853|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-854|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-855|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-856|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-857|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-858|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-859|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-860|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-861|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-862|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-863|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-864|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-865|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-866|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-867|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-869|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill" |J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 6, 1928||WFVZ-873|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Barbara Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || SDNHM||August 4, 1933||SDNHM-21128|| ''Xantusia riversiana'' ||Herps
|-
|}


===== SANTA CATALINA ISLAND =====


{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' || 
|-
| Santa Catalina Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||February 22, 1928||WFVZ-3224|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
|}


===== SANTA CRUZ ISLAND =====


{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' || 
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 29, 1927||WFVZ-3463|| ''Aphelocoma coerulescens'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 30, 1927||WFVZ-5773|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 30, 1927||WFVZ-5774|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||April 5, 1927||WFVZ-3464|| ''Aphelocoma coerulescens'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||April 5, 1927||WFVZ-3417|| ''Sayornis nigricans'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 10, 1928||WFVZ-3226|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||March 11, 1928||WFVZ-3227|| ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||June 2, 1928||WFVZ-2888|| ''Oceanodroma homochroa'' ||Eggs
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||May 19, 1929 ||WFVZ-875|| ''Larus occidentalis'' ||Eggs
|-
|}


===== SANTA ROSA ISLAND =====


{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' || 
|-
| Santa Rosa Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || PSM||April 27, 1924||PSM-15352|| ''Eremophila alpestris'' ||Birds
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||April 2, 1927||WFVZ-3776|| ''Pipilo erythrophthalmus'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || MVZ||April 3, 1927||MVZ-10516|| ''Pseudacris regilla'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || MVZ||April 3, 1927||MVZ-10517|| ''Pseudacris regilla'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || MVZ||April 3, 1927||MVZ-10518|| ''Pseudacris regilla'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || MVZ||April 3, 1927||MVZ-10519|| ''Pseudacris regilla'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || MVZ||April 3, 1927||MVZ-10520|| ''Pseudacris regilla'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||April 3, 1927||WFVZ-3991|| ''Vermivora celata'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || MVZ||April 3, 1927||MVZ-50594|| ''Myadestes townsendi townsendi'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||April 3, 1927||WFVZ-3991|| ''Vermivora celata'' ||Eggs
|-
| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || WFVZ||April 3, 1927||WFVZ-5775|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus'' ||Eggs
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| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || MVZ||April 4, 1927||MVZ-37485|| ''Urocyon littoralis santarosae'' ||Mammals
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
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| Santa Rosa Island ||[[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || MVZ||March 10, 1928||MVZ-38929|| ''Urocyon littoralis santarosae'' ||Mammals
|-
| ~ trip ~ || || ||||||  ||
|-
| Santa Rosa Island || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]] || PSM||April 22, 1928||WFVZ-5131|| ''Eremophila alpestris'' ||Eggs
|-
|}


'''BAJA CALIFORNIA ISLANDS'''


===== ISLA CEDROS =====


{| class="wikitable "
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| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' || 
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|  Isla Cedros ||[[DeGROOT, Dudley S. |D. S. DeGroot]]  & [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]]||WFVZ||April 7, 1930||WFVZ-3258|| ''Pandion haliaetus'' ||Eggs
|-
|  Isla Cedros || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]]||WFVZ||April 7, 1930||WFVZ-3259|| ''Pandion haliaetus'' ||Eggs
|-
|  Isla Cedros ||[[DeGROOT, Dudley S. |D. S. DeGroot]] ||WFVZ||April 7, 1930||WFVZ-59989|| ''Pandion haliaetus'' ||Eggs
|-
|}


===== ISLA NATIVIDAD =====


{| class="wikitable "
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| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' || 
|-
|  Isla Natividad || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]]||WFVZ||April 6, 1930||WFVZ-2404|| ''Pandion haliaetus'' ||Eggs
|-
|  Isla Natividad || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]]||WFVZ||April 6, 1930||WFVZ-3255|| ''Pandion haliaetus'' ||Eggs
|-
|}


===== ISLAS SAN BENITOS=====


{| class="wikitable "
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| '''ISLAND'''  || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' 
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|  Islas San Benitos  || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]]||WFVZ||April 8, 1930||WFVZ-3260|| ''Pandion haliaetus'' ||Eggs
|-
|  Islas San Benitos  || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]]||WFVZ||April 8, 1930||WFVZ-3261|| ''Pandion haliaetus'' ||Eggs
|-
|  Islas San Benitos  || [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]]||WFVZ||April 8, 1930||WFVZ-3262|| ''Pandion haliaetus'' ||Eggs
|-
|}




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=====<span style="color:#006400">In the News~</span>=====

'''July 6, 1937:'''  “Recently, through the kindness of J. R. Pemberton, I was privileged to make a trip to the Cortez and Tanner Bank region, off extreme southern California. On the morning of June 26, 1937 we left San Pedro on Mr. Pemberton’s yacht, ''Kinkajou'', and laying a course between Catalina and San Clemente islands to the vicinity of Cortez Bank, we hove to the Bishop Rock shortly after dark…” [Willett, George. Off-shore Bird Notes. Condor 34:226.]


'''July 2, 1968 [LAT]:''' “Pemberton; Ornithologist. John R. (Bill) Pemberton, 83, a former oil umpire and ornithologist, died Monday in a Tujunga rest home. Mr. Pemberton, an outstanding Stanford University athlete, taught at the university for one year before going to Argentina as a geologist. When the Western petroleum industry faced an over-production problem in 1932, Mr. Pemberton was named oil umpire to allocate pumping quotas and served in that capacity until 1940. A leading authority on the condor, Mr. Pemberton was a former president of the Cooper Ornithological  Society, and a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences and served on the board of the county museum. He is survived by his wife, Diana; a son, John, and a brother and sister. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Rosedale Chapel, 1831 W. Washington Blvd.”