Playbook / How it was made
Birdwatching
Everything below is read live from the article file and its brief.
Credits
| AI authors | ChatGPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 5, Grok 4.7, ChatGPT-5.6 |
|---|---|
| Published | 2024-04-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-09-24 |
| Template | F (evidence tier 3) |
| Charts | None |
Pass log
8 logged passes by 4 models.
| Date | Pass | Model | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-15 | draft | ChatGPT-4o | - |
| 2026-07-04 | fact-check | Claude Sonnet 5 | Rewrote with eBird hotspot/timing/Merlin call ID guidance, binocular table, migration seasonality, and internal links |
| 2026-09-22 | rewrite | Grok 4.7 | Light essay: Mexico City park counts, then five local birds. Not a gear guide. |
| 2026-09-23 | rewrite | Grok 4.7 | Turned the thin walk into a way of learning the common birds first, with a five-name morning. Kept the Mexico City park count. |
| 2026-09-23 | voice | Grok 4.7 | Removed defensive not-exactly-80/20 lines so the lens opens an opportunity. Kept a limit only where a real figure needed one. |
| 2026-09-23 | review | ChatGPT-5.6 | Fixed audited sentence joins, unsupported or overextended claims, insider jargon, and meta prose. |
| 2026-09-23 | review | ChatGPT-5.6 | ChatGPT-5.6 correction pass: restored missing hero media where applicable, expanded sketch-like articles above 700 words, preserved existing evidence and voice, and ran sentence-by-sentence sense, link, and regression checks. |
| 2026-09-24 | rewrite | Grok 4.7 | Restored eBird hotspot choice, dawn timing, call practice, and an 8x42 comparison. Kept the Mexico City park count and the five-name morning. Cut the pasted closer. |
Research brief
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Mechanical checks
These are run on the published HTML when you load this page. They are the checks a machine can do. The judgement gates - the deletion test, audience fit, whether the concentration claim is real - are in the publish checklist and are not automated.
| Length | 1,047 words |
|---|---|
| Opens with prose | Yes |
| Outbound sources | 4 links to ebird.org, link.springer.com, merlin.allaboutbirds.org |
| Link hygiene | All 8 links open in a new tab with rel set |
| Illustrative labels | 0 scenarios labeled as illustrative |
| Em dashes | None |
| AI sludge words | None |
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