Woohoo, thanks! BRDL fans rejoice!!

Hey Alex!

Bit of an unusual comment - someone emailed me asking if I knew you via BRDL/Goldeneye. She wanted me to get word to you that the BRDL page is down, in case you didn't know already. :)

Love your work so much!

As far as I know, there's not. They were invented by US banders & standardized by the BBL/IBP. Such a system doesn't appear to have been taken up by ringing operations elsewhere, at least not in a standardized way.

Thanks Richard, should be fixed now!

Haha, you know you're always welcome @animal-prattle.bsky.social

this town aint big enough for the Potoo of us

Something else notable - unlike original research, letters/comments that critique other studies often don't include images or figures.

This could make it easier to submit large language model-generated letters which superficially seem "well-written," helping them slip under editors' radar.

I described these problems in my review. I also included my suspicions about AI in the confidential note to the editor, who thanked me for the catch

Should we do anything else when we come across potentially AI-generated papers? Do publishers track authors who submit papers like these?

Hey Richard, I was excited to see you on here too! Glad you enjoyed those tools--I have another one coming up soon 👀

Ooh, could I also please be added?

Could you add me as well, please? I'm studying impacts of invasive species management on forest birds. Thank you!