SNYDER, Gaylord K.
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SNYDER, Gaylord Kenyon (1889-1915), Ohio-born Stanford University graduate of electrical engineering in 1913, and active member of the Cooper Ornithological Club from the time of his nomination by Virgil W. Owen in 1910 until his untimely death five years later. Snyder collected a set of bald eagle eggs on Santa Catalina Island on April 4, 1912 [WFVZ 80479].
Directory of Members, Cooper Ornithological Club, May 1914:
- Gaylord K. Snyder. Hotel Rey, 3rd St. and Los Angeles, CA 1910.
- “We have to record the sad news of the death of Gaylord K. Snyder, active member of the Cooper Ornithological Club, who passed away at his home in Los Angeles, August 28, 1915. Mr. Snyder was a young man of most pleasing personality, a frequent attendant at Southern Division meetings, where his presence will be greatly missed, and an occasional contributor to The Condor. In his untimely death the Club has sustained a distinct loss. [Condor 17:6 (236) November-December 1915.]
According to his death certificate, Snyder died at age 26 in Pasadena, California on August 28, 1915 from complications of an appendectomy. He is buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA.
Snyder's egg collection is located at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology.
Snyder collected on:
- ANACAPA ISLAND (1912)
- SAN MIGUEL ISLAND (1912)
- SANTA BARBARA ISLAND (1912)
- SANTA CATALINA ISLAND (1909, 1912)
- SANTA CRUZ ISLAND (1912)
- 1913 Wright, Howard W. and Snyder, Gaylord K. Birds observed in the summer of 1912 among the Santa Barbara islands The Condor 15(2):86-92, March 1913
- [original in SCIF archives] [Condor binder]
- 1914 Snyder, Gaylord K. Nesting of the Allen Hummingbird on Catalina Island The Condor 16(4):182-183, 1914
Island Collections~
ANACAPA ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Anacapa Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 5, 1912 | WFVZ-47541 | Brachyramphus hypoleucus | Eggs |
SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 12, 1912 | WFVZ-95592 | Phalacrocorax penicillatus | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 15, 1912 | WFVZ-47518 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 15, 1912 | WFVZ-47519 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 15, 1912 | WFVZ-47520 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
| San Miguel Island (Prince Island) | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 15, 1912 | WFVZ-192858 | Uria aalge | Eggs |
SANTA BARBARA ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Barbara Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 2, 1912 | WFVZ-38985 | Larus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Santa Barbara Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 3, 1912 | WFVZ-47540 | Brachyramphus hypoleucus | Eggs |
| Santa Barbara Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 2, 1912 | WFVZ-161645 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Eggs |
| Santa Barbara Island | G. K. Snyder | PSM | July 3, 1912 | PSM-11722 | Phalacrocorax penilillatus | Birds |
| Santa Barbara Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 3, 1912 | WFVZ-95413 | Pelecanus occidentalis | Eggs |
| Santa Barbara Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 3, 1912 | WFVZ-95594 | Phalacrocorax penilillatus | Eggs |
| Santa Barbara Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 3, 1912 | WFVZ-95595 | Phalacrocorax penilillatus | Eggs |
| Santa Barbara Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 3, 1912 | WFVZ-95596 | Phalacrocorax penilillatus | Eggs |
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Catalina Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | April 9, 1909 | WFVZ-49083 | Sayornis nigricans | Eggs |
| Santa Catalina Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | April 9, 1909 | WFVZ-94297 | Carpodacus mexicanus | Eggs |
| Santa Catalina Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | April 10, 1909 | WFVZ-94103 | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Eggs |
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| Santa Catalina Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | April 28, 1912 | WFVZ-93638 | Lanius ludovicianus | Eggs |
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| Santa Catalina Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | June 23, 1912 | WFVZ-120244 | Carpodacus mexicanus | Eggs |
| Santa Catalina Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | June 23, 1912 | WFVZ-128132 | Carpodacus mexicanus | Eggs |
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Cruz Island | G. K. Snyder | SBMNH | July 6, 1912 | SBMNH-28560 | Carpodacus mexicanus | Eggs |
| Santa Cruz Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 9, 1912 | WFVZ-49115 | Empidonax difficilis | Eggs |
| Santa Cruz Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 10, 1912 | WFVZ-47560 | Cepphus columba | Eggs |
| Santa Cruz Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 10, 1912 | WFVZ-96016 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | July 10, 1912 | WFVZ-96017 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | G. K. Snyder | PSM | July 12, 1912 | PSM-16901 | Carpodacus mexicanus | Eggs |
