Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - January 29, 2024

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher - for Forester and more food
• Whooping Crane - for another bonus card and 1st round end goal
• Bonelli's Eagle - high points and Grasslands bird
• Dunnock - for Forester and round end eggs
• Tufted Titmouse - for Forester

Food

• Nectar - for Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Bonus Card: Forester - Birds that can only live in Woodlands

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Black Noddy (from tray, high points)
2. Draw Birds - Hooded Warbler (from tray, high points, for Forester)
3. Play Bird - Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher in Woodlands (for more food and Forester)
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Dunnock), Worm from Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher's power
5. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Whooping Crane), Worm from Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher's power
6. Play Bird - Whooping Crane in Wetlands (Wetlands Data Analyst - Consecutive Birds in Wetlands with ascending or descending wingspans, other option was Bird Feeder - Birds that eat Wheat)
7. Lay Eggs - Egg
8. Play Bird - Dunnock in Woodlands (for Forester and round end power)

Round End: Egg on Dunnock

Round End Goal - White & No Powers: 1 points (tied for 1st w/ 1 bird) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Black Noddy), Worm from Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher's power
2. Draw Birds - Squacco Heron and Red Kite (both from tray, for Wetlands Data Analyst)
3. Draw Birds - Little Pied Cormorant (from tray, for Wetlands Data Analyst and game end power) and Red-Winged Blackbird (low food cost for Wetlands to later cover with Red Kite)
4. Play Bird - Red-Winged Blackbird in Wetlands (for eggs while drawing birds and for Red Kite to later cover for Wetlands Data Analyst)
5. Draw Birds - Purple Gallinule and Northern Flicker (both from deck), Tucked Squacco Heron to lay egg on Red-Winged Blackbird
6. Draw Birds - Cerulean Warbler (from tray, for Forester and another bonus card) and Southern Cassowary (from deck), Tucked Tufted Titmouse to lay egg on Red-Winged Blackbird
7. Draw Birds - Pileated Woodpecker and Say's Phoebe (both from deck), Tucked Pileated Woodpecker to lay egg on Red-Winged Blackbird

Round End: Egg on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 5 point (1st w/ 3 eggs)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - Northern Flicker in Woodlands (gained Worm from bird feeder, nest type for round end goal, to later discard for Southern Cassowary)
2. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Cerulean Warbler and Black Noddy), Worm from Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher's power
3. Play Bird - Cerulean Warbler in Woodlands (for Forester, Behaviorist - For each column that contains birds with 3 different power colors, other option was Bird Bander - Birds that live in multiple habitats)
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectars and Rat from bird feeder (for Southern Cassowary), Worm from Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher's power
5. Play Bird - Southern Cassowary in Woodlands (for Forester, gained 4 eggs and 2 Berries)
6. Play Bird - Hooded Warbler in Woodlands (for Forester)

Round End: 4 Eggs on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Eggs in Hollow Nest: 0 points (0 eggs)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - 3 Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for Purple Gallinule), Worm from Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher's power
2. Play Bird - Red Kite in Wetlands (played on Red-Winged Blackbird for Wetlands Data Analyst)
3. Play Bird - Little Pied Cormorant in Wetlands (for game end power and Wetlands Data Analyst)
4. Play Bird - Black Noddy in Wetlands (for Wetlands Data Analyst)
5. Play Bird - Bonelli's Eagle in Grasslands (realized it was worth more to play this than max Wetlands Data Analyst with the Purple Gallinule, used Say's Phoebe, Purple Gallinule, and 2 Berries for food cost)

Round End: 2 Eggs on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Birds in Grasslands: 3 points (3rd w/ 1 bird)

Game End: 4 eggs from Little Pied Cormorant's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 5)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 0)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 6)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 96

• Bird Points - 48
• Bonus Cards - 13
• End of Round Goals - 9
• Eggs - 10
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 6
• Nectar - 10