Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - November 14, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• American Goldfinch - for Wheat and first round end goal
• Killdeer - for birds to tuck
• Dark Junco - for Bird Counter

Food

• Worm - for Killdeer
• Wheat - for American Goldfinch

Bonus Card: Bird Counter - Birds with a Tuck power

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Common Grackle (from tray, for bird counter)
1. Worm from other player's Bluethroat
2. Play Bird - Killdeer in Grasslands (for birds while laying eggs)
1. Wheat from other player's Bluethroat
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Discarded Egg for Cedar Waxwing (from tray, for Bird Counter) and American Crow (from deck) using Killdeer's power
4. Play Bird - American Goldfinch in Grasslands (for round end goal)
5. Play Bird - Common Grackle in Woodlands (for Bird Counter and round end goal)
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg for Ring-Billed Gull (from deck) and Common Blackbird (from deck) using Killdeer's power
1. Worm from other player's Bluethroat
7. Gain Food - Berry from bird feeder (for Cedar Waxwing), Tucked Common Blackbird to lay egg on Common Grackle
1. Rat from other player's Bluethroat
8. Play Bird - Dark-Eyed Junco in Woodlands (for Bird Counter)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cup Nest Bird w/ Egg: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 bids) 

Round 2

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg for Audouin's Gull (from tray, for Bird Counter) and Loggerhead Shrike (from deck) using Killdeer's power
2. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg for Brewer's Blackbird (from tray, for Bird Counter) and Lesser Whitethroat (from deck) using Killdeer's power
3. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat from bird feeder (for Audouin's Gull and Brewer's Blackbird), Tucked Lesser Whitethroat for Wheat using Dark-Eyed Junco's power, Tucked Loggerhead Shrike to lay egg on Common Grackle
4. Play Bird - Audouin's Gull in Wetlands (for Bird counter and round end goal)
5. Play Bird - Ring-Billed Gull in Wetlands (for Bird counter and round end goal)
1. Wheat from other player's Bluethroat
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg for Black Vulture (from deck) and Wood Stork (from deck) using Killdeer's power
1. Rat from other player's Bluethroat
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg for Blue Jay (from deck) and Hooded Crow (from tray, for Bird Counter) using Killdeer's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nest: 5 points (1st w/ 9 eggs)

Round 3

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg for Stellar's Jay(from deck) and Horned Lark (from tray, for Bird Counter) using Killdeer's power
1. Rat from other player's Bluethroat (before turn)
2. Fish from other player's Bluethroat
2. Play Bird - Wood Stork in Wetlands (Fishery Manager - Birds that eat Fish, other option was Diet Specialist - Birds with a food cost of 3)
3. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Hooded Crow and Horned Lark), Tucked Black Vulture for Wheat using Dark-Eyed Junco's power, Tucked Blue Jay to lay egg on Common Grackle
4. Play Bird - Horned Lark in Grasslands (for Bird Counter)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
5. Play Bird - Hooded Crow in Grasslands (for Bird Counter and round end goal and power)
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Discarded Egg for Black-Throated Diver (from tray, for Fishery Manager) and Double-Breasted Cormorant (from tray, for Bird Counter) using Killdeer's power

Round End: Tucked American Crow and Stellar's Jay and drew Clark's Grebe and Greylag Goose (both from deck) using Hooded Crow's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Builder Nest: 3 points (2nd w/ 4 eggs)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Brewer's Blackbird in Grasslands (for Bird Counter)
1. American Avocet from other player's American Oystercatcher (before turn)
2. Tucked Black-Throated Diver using Horned Lark's power
3. Fish from other player's Bluethroat
2. Gain Food - Fish and Berry from bird feeder (for Clark's Grebe and Double-Breasted Cormorant), Tucked American Avocet for Wheat using Dark-Eyed Junco's power, Tucked Greylag Goose to lay egg on Common Grackle
1. Tucked Double-Breasted Cormorant using Horned Lark's power
3. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Tucked Cedar Waxwing to lay egg on Brewer's Blackbird, Discarded Egg for Willet (from deck) and American White Pelican (from tray, for Bird Counter and Fishery Manager) using Killdeer's power
4. Play Bird - American White Pelican in Wetlands (for Bird Counter and Fishery Manager)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
5. Play Bird - Clark's Grebe in Wetlands (used 2 Berries for Fish in food cost, for Fishery Manager)

Round End: Tucked Willet and drew Little Owl (from tray) using Hooded Crow's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Grasslands: 7 points (1st w/ 11 eggs)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 107

• Bird Points - 42
• Bonus Cards - 24
• End of Round Goals - 17
• Eggs - 11
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 13