alt Hacker NewsIn case it isn't clear, the wall here is a representation of the actual wall at the Visitor Center at the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology. They also have a live webcam of their bird feeder, that is literally just around the corner from this wall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x10vL6_47Dw
It's a really pretty place to visit, with 5 miles of hiking trails around it. If you get a chance to visit Ithaca, it's worth taking the time to visit:
Because it isn't clear:
There's one bird on this mural from each of the 243 taxonomic families. That's why there are a lot of unfamiliar species: because taxonomic categories are usually very unbalanced, with a lot which contain only a handful of species, and a few which contain the majority.
The birds on the mural are life-size. The ostrich is about 7.5 feet / 2.3m tall.
One question I have: what's the map projection?