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<span style="color:#006400">'''PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham'''</span> (1890-1985)[SS#553-16-6740] was a Fillmore-born citrus farmer and serious avocational ornithologist who often went birding with his younger brother, Sidney. He was a life member of the Cooper Club.  
 
<span style="color:#006400">'''PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham'''</span> (1890-1985)[SS#553-16-6740] was a Fillmore-born citrus farmer and serious avocational ornithologist who often went birding with his younger brother, Sidney. He was a life member of the Cooper Club.  
  
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Lawrence Peyton made trips to four Channel Islands variously with his brother, Sidney, and fellow ornithologists [[BADGER, Martin Cramton “Bud”|M. C. Badger]],  [[DeGROOT, Dudley S.|Dudley S. DeGroot]], [[PEMBERTON, John Roy "Bill"|J. R. Pemberton]], [[ROWLEY, John Stewart| John S. Rowley]], [[ASHWORTH, Charles William|Charles Ashworth]] and [[THOMPSON, Richard E.|Richard E. Thompson]].  
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Lawrence Peyton made trips to four Channel Islands variously with his brother, Sidney, and fellow ornithologists [[BADGER, Martin Cramton “Bud”|M. C. Badger]],  [[DeGROOT, Dudley S.|Dudley S. DeGroot]], [[PEMBERTON, John Rothwell "Roy"|J. R. Pemberton]], [[ROWLEY, John Stewart| John S. Rowley]], [[ASHWORTH, Charles William|Charles Ashworth]] and [[THOMPSON, Richard E.|Richard E. Thompson]].  
  
 
Directory of Members, Cooper Ornithological Club, May 1914:
 
Directory of Members, Cooper Ornithological Club, May 1914:

Revision as of 21:46, 8 June 2019

Left: Sidney Burns Peyton, Right: Lawrence Gorham Peyton

PEYTON, Lawrence Gorham (1890-1985)[SS#553-16-6740] was a Fillmore-born citrus farmer and serious avocational ornithologist who often went birding with his younger brother, Sidney. He was a life member of the Cooper Club.

Lawrence Peyton made trips to four Channel Islands variously with his brother, Sidney, and fellow ornithologists M. C. Badger, Dudley S. DeGroot, J. R. Pemberton, John S. Rowley, Charles Ashworth and Richard E. Thompson.

Directory of Members, Cooper Ornithological Club, May 1914:

  • Lawrence Peyton. Sespe, CA 1909.


L. G. Peyton published four articles in Condor between 1909-1918.

Peyton died of a heart attack at age 95 in Santa Barbara, California on August 8, 1985. He is buried in Bardsdale Cemetery. His wife predeceased him, and was survived by his son, Harry, and daughter, Doris Guthrie.

Peyton correspondence (1909-1929) is in the files of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley. Peyton’s egg collection is located at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology.


Peyton collected at least seven Bald Eagle egg sets on Santa Cruz and Anacapa islands:

  • March 2, 1917 Anacapa [WFVZ-33980]
  • March 3, 1917 Santa Cruz Island [WFVZ-81997]
  • March 4, 1918 Anacapa [PSM-13149]
  • March 9, 1919 Anacapa [PSM-13148]
  • March 7, 1920 Anacapa [PSM-13150]
  • March 7, 1920 Santa Cruz Island [WFVZ-17468]
  • March 11, 1920 Santa Cruz Island [DMNH-16218]


Peyton collected on:

  • Anacapa Island (1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1927, 1928)
  • Isla Natividad (1930)
  • Santa Cruz Island (1917, 1920, 1928)


Island Collections~
ISLAND COLLECTOR INSTITUTION DATE NUMBER SPECIMEN
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton WFVZ March 2, 1917 WFVZ-33980 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Eggs
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton PSM March 4, 1918 PSM-13149 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Eggs
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton PSM March 9, 1919 PSM-13148 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Eggs
~ trip ~
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton FMNH May 19, 1919 FMNH-159084 Brachyramphus hypoleucus Eggs
~ trip ~
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton PSM March 7, 1920 PSM-13150 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Eggs
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton (?) PSM March 7, 1920 PSM-10568 Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Eggs)?
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton OMNH March 7, 1920 OMNH-2595 Pelecanus occidentalis Eggs
~ trip ~
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton WFVZ May 14, 1927 WFVZ-140462 Larus occidentalis Eggs
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton WFVZ May 14, 1927 WFVZ-32118 Larus occidentalis Eggs
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton WFVZ May 14, 1927 WFVZ-81349 Larus occidentalis Eggs
~ trip ~
Anacapa Island L. G. Peyton & D. S. DeGroot WFVZ June 2, 1928 WFVZ-58941 Haematopus bachmani Eggs


ISLAND COLLECTOR INSTITUTION DATE NUMBER SPECIMEN
San Miguel Island L. G. Peyton MVZ June 2, 1928 MVZ-4569 Phalacrocorax penicillatus Eggs
San Miguel Island L. G. Peyton ROM June 2, 1928 ROM-500405 Phalacrocorax penicillatus Eggs


ISLAND COLLECTOR INSTITUTION DATE NUMBER SPECIMEN
Santa Catalina Island L. G. Peyton ROM May 19, 1929 ROM-503542 Larus occidentalis occidentalis Eggs


ISLAND COLLECTOR INSTITUTION DATE NUMBER SPECIMEN
Santa Cruz Island L. G. Peyton WFVZ March 3, 1917 WFVZ-81997 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Eggs
~ trip ~
Santa Cruz Island L. G. Peyton WFVZ March 7, 1920 WFVZ-17468 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Eggs
Santa Cruz Island L. G. Peyton DMNH March 11, 1920 DMNH-16218 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Eggs
~ trip ~
Santa Cruz Island L. G. Peyton WFVZ May 20, 1928 WFVZ-81574 Oceanodroma homochroa Eggs
Santa Cruz Island L. G. Peyton WFVZ June 2, 1928 WFVZ-73963 Oceanodroma homochroa Eggs
Santa Cruz Island L. G. Peyton WFVZ June 2, 1928 WFVZ-81574 Oceanodroma homochroa Eggs
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