Great discussion, think I'll jump in.

1. Perhaps it's time for Audubon to turn the CBC over to
another group, perhaps a new one dedicated to the CBC.
Audubon is trying to be too many things. Let someone
manage it who cares for more than money. They don't need
to give up the name. It could still be called the Audubon CBC.
They've sold their name out so many times, it probably doesn't
mean much anymore anyhow.

The CBCs are being taken over at the state level here and there
anyway, and we're losing the coordination.

2. The mere mass of data available makes the CBC extremely
valuable. Sure, you can complain out about the precision of
the individual numbers, but the general and universal trends
it reveals are quite obvious.

3. Furthermore, it forces local people to think about changes
in local habitat where they may not always. "We used to get the
Bob-tailed Wren-shrikes at this spot every year, but every since
they opened that tire-iron plant, we've missed them."

--Jerry <tangren at wsu.edu>