*** Species Summary:

- American Crow (1 report)
- Indigo Bunting (2 reports)

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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) (1)
- Reported May 15, 2023 12:32 by Raphal Nussbaumer
- Santa Cruz Island--Upper Scorpion Canyon, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.0408661 ,-119.5741024&ll=34.0408661,-119.5741024
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S137913085
- Comments: "Heard and seen. Smaller and smaller bill. Call less coarse"

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
- Reported May 14, 2023 09:37 by Vivek Patel
- 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/S137910529
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Photos to follow"

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
- Reported May 13, 2023 15:30 by Vivek Patel
- 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/S137910511
- Media: 1 Audio
- 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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