Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - February 22, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Bell's Vireo - for another bonus card and Ethologist
• Northern Shoveler - high points and for more birds
• Fish Crow - for food while laying eggs

Food

• Nectar and Worm for Bell's Vireo
• Fish for Fish Crow

Bonus Card: Ethologist - Different power colors in any one habitat

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - European Honey Buzzard (from tray, for Ethologist and round end power)
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
2. Play Bird - European Honey Buzzard in Woodlands (for Ethologist, round end power, and to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food)
3. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Fish Crow and Northern Shoveler)
1. Rat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
4. Play Bird - Northern Shoveler in Wetlands
1. Nectar from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
5. Draw Birds - Spotless Crake (from tray, for Ethologist) and Black-Throated Diver (from deck), Brewer's Blackbird from Northern Shoveler's power
1. Berry from other player's Many-Colored Fruit Dove
2. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
6. Play Bird - Fish Crow in Grasslands (for food while laying eggs)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Skipped Fish Crow's power
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Skipped Fish Crow's power

Round End: Worm from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Sets of Eggs in All Habitats: 4 points (1st w/ 1 set) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Common Chaffinch (from tray, for Ethologist) and Brown Pelican (from tray, for Ethologist), Green Heron from Northern Shoveler's power
1. North Island Brown Kiwi from other player's American Bittern's power (before turn)
2. Gain Food - Fish and Worm from bird feeder (for Brown Pelican and Bell's Vireo)
3. Play Bird - Brown Pelican (for Ethologist, 3 Fish)
1. Nectar from other player's Bluethroat
2. Other player's Black-Headed Gull stole Nectar, Gained Nectar from bird feeder
3. Nectar from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
4. Play Bird - Bell's Vireo in Woodlands (Rodentologist - Birds that eat Rats, other option was Prairie Manager - Birds that only live in Grasslands)
1. Crimson Chat from other player's American Bittern's power
5. Play Bird - Common Chaffinch in Woodlands (for Ethologist)
1. Nectar from other player's Bluethroat
2. Nectar from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
3. Berry from other player's Many-Colored Fruit Dove
4. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
6. Play Bird - North Island Brown Kiwi in Grasslands (Discarded Rodentologist, Kept Ecologist - Bird in your habitat with the fewest birds and Platform Builder - Birds with Builder Nests, Discarded Breeding Manager and Behaviorist)
1. Berry from other player's Many-Colored Fruit Dove
2. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Berry for 3rd egg), Skipped Fish Crow's power

Round End: 2 Worms from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Food in Personal Supply: 2 points (2nd w/ 10 food)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Spangled Drongo (from tray, for Ethologist), Bonelli's Eagle (from tray, high points), and Atlantic Puffin (discarded egg for 3rd bird, from tray for another bonus card), Thekla's Lark from Northern Shoveler's power
2. Play Bird - Spangled Drongo in Woodlands (used 2 Worms for Nectar, for Ethologist and potential between turns Nectar)
1. Nectar from other player's Bluethroat
2. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power
3. Other player's Black-Headed Gull stole Nectar, Gained Nectar from bird feeder
4. Nectar from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Wheat for 3rd egg), Skipped Fish Crow's power
4. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin in Wetlands (Wetland Scientist - Birds that can only live in Wetlands, other option was Forester - Birds that can only live in Woodlands)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
5. Play Bird - Black-Throated Diver in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist and round end goal)
1. Wheat from other player's Bluethroat
2. Rat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
3. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Rat for 3rd egg), Skipped Fish Crow's power
1. Purple Martin from other player's American Bittern's power

Round End: 2 Worms from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Birds in Wetland: 2 points (3rd w/ 4 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Bonelli's Eagle in Grasslands (used Thekla's Lark, Brewer's Blackbird, and Green Heron for food cost)
1. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power (before turn)
2. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
3. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power
4. Nectar from other player's Red-Winged Parrot
5. Broad-Winged Hawk from other player's American Bittern's power
2. Play Bird - Crimson Chat in Grasslands (for Ecologist)
1. Nectar from other player's Red-Winged Parrot
2. Pied-Billed Grebe from other player's American Bittern's power
3. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Nectar for 4th egg), Discarded Nectar to tuck under Crimson Chat, Skipped Fish Crow's power
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
4. Play Bird - Spotless Crake in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist and round end power)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Purple Martin for 4th egg), Discarded Fish to tuck under Crimson Chat, Skipped Fish Crow's power

Round End: No Worms from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Hollow Nest: 5 points (tied for 1st w/ 4 eggs)

Game End: 4 eggs from Spottless Crake's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 2)

Grasslands - 2 points (2nd w/ 6)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 6)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 125

• Bird Points - 62
• Bonus Cards - 30
• End of Round Goals - 13
• Eggs - 10
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 5
• Nectar - 5