> Half the point of this project is showing off some amazing public-domain natural-history illustrations. Over 800 cut-outs covering more than 400 species, every one taken from a real plate and hand-curated for this project (no art is AI-generated, though some has been retouched with AI).

You can in fact both have an interesting bird-based art display in your home and also go outside and watch birds yourself. Neither precludes the other.

The next logical step is to have speakers for the backyard to simulate the wildlife that no longer exists.

An app like this would be used as augmentation rather than simulation.

I do recommend a decent pair of binoculars and the Merlin Bird ID app.

Or both. Why limit yourself?