*** Species Summary:

- Broad-winged Hawk (1 report)
- Indigo Bunting (4 reports)

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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 14, 2023 08:49 by David Compton
- Cielo Vista trail, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.513611 ,-119.799086&ll=34.513611,-119.799086
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S137696621
- Comments: "Adult dark morph flying through the pass, moving northward from Painted Cave. Dark, compact buteo with visible dark border to wing (Dark primary and secondary tips), dark and white barred tail, with particularly prominent white bar across center or just toward tip. The body appeared dark below, but I could not see the underwing. Clearly smaller than Red-tailed or Swainsons and obviously more compact than the latter. Flew in typical buteo style, wings fairly flat when soaring, and slower wing beat when in direct flight compared to Coopers Hawk. Bird was in silhouette when soaring and showed only dorsal side as it flew past and disappeared behind ridge."

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
- Reported May 14, 2023 09:37 by Alan Brelsford
- Unnamed Road, Ventura, California, US (34.004, -119.747), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.0039632 ,-119.7467823&ll=34.0039632,-119.7467823
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S137741922
- Comments: "Photos to follow"

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
- Reported May 14, 2023 09:37 by Soumyadeep Chatterjee
- Unnamed Road, Ventura, California, US (34.004, -119.747), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.0039632 ,-119.7467823&ll=34.0039632,-119.7467823
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S137804947
- Comments: "Photos to follow"

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
- Reported May 14, 2023 09:37 by laetitia nowers
- Unnamed Road, Ventura, California, US (34.004, -119.747), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.0039632 ,-119.7467823&ll=34.0039632,-119.7467823
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S137844235
- Comments: "Photos to follow"

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
- Reported May 13, 2023 15:30 by Alan Brelsford
- Unnamed Road, Ventura, California, US (34.004, -119.747), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.0039632 ,-119.7467823&ll=34.0039632,-119.7467823
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S137741827
- Comments: "Recording to follow. Singing persistently in chaparral. Small deep blue bunting, distinguished from Blue Grosbeak by absence of rusty wing bars and by relatively small bill."

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