*** Species Summary:

- Craveri's Murrelet (2 reports)
- American Crow (1 report)

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Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) (2)
- Reported May 16, 2023 16:00 by Joshua Smith
- Santa Barbara Channel (birds at sea only), Channel Islands National Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.1179353 ,-119.5191479&ll=34.1179353,-119.5191479
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138190294
- Comments: "I also had two this morning on the way out to Santa Cruz Island. Two small black and white murrelets with no white in front of eyes, long, thin bills, gray underwings (not white)."

Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) (2)
- Reported May 16, 2023 09:15 by Joshua Smith
- Santa Barbara Channel (birds at sea only), Channel Islands National Park, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.1179353 ,-119.5191479&ll=34.1179353,-119.5191479
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138183889
- Comments: "Small alcids with blackish upperparts and white underparts. Fairly long, thin bills, white eye arcs, no white in front of eye (eliminating GUMU). Grayish underwings (not white) eliminates SCMU."

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) (1)
- Reported May 17, 2023 13:21 by John Callender
- Santa Cruz Island--Scorpion Campgrounds to Scorpion Anchorage (no seawatch), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=34.0485102 ,-119.558174&ll=34.0485102,-119.558174
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138189068
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "It was in the lower campground, and was not associating with the Common Ravens in the area. It seemed more compact and smaller overall than the ravens I'd been seeing, and I thought it was probably the same American Crow seen and photographed back on March 4 (see https://ebird.org/checklist/S130316163 ). But in comparing this bird with the photos of that one, it seems to be noticeably heavier-billed, especially in the first photo where the bird is in profile. After consulting with more experienced birders I'm comfortable reporting it as American Crow. One of my correspondents thinks there have been two crows reported from here, so maybe this is one of the two, and is heavier-billed than the one photographed on March 4. I did not hear this bird vocalize."

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