Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - September 15, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• American Woodcock - high points, for Behaviorist
• Yellow-Rumped Warbler - for possible tucks
• Hooded Warbler - high points, for Behaviorist
• Wilson's Storm-Petrel - for more birds

Food: Worm

Bonus Card: Behaviorist - For each column that contains birds with 3 different power colors (not usually best for most points overall, but fun challenge to play for)

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Griffon Vulture (from tray, for Behaviorist)
2. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Hooded Warbler)
3. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Hooded Warbler)
4. Play Bird - Hooded Warbler in Woodlands (for Behaviorist and to get birds in Woodlands for more food)
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
6. Play Bird - Yellow-Rumped Warbler in Woodlands (to get further in woodlands for more food)
7. Draw Birds - Eurasian Green Woodpecker (from deck)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
8. Draw Birds - Ring-Billed Gull (from tray, for tucks)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cluster Nest Bird w/ Egg: 0 points (0 birds) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder, Tucked Wilson's Storm-Petrel to draw Eurasian Hobby (from deck) using Yellow-Rumped Warbler's power
2. Play Bird - Ring-Billed Gull in Wetlands (for tucks and eggs for round end goal)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
3. Play Bird - Eurasian Hobby in Wetlands (to be able to draw more cards and cache at least one rat at round end on Griffon Vulture)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
4. Draw Birds - Burrowing Owl (from deck) and Vaux's Swift (from tray to tuck), Tucked Vaux's Swift and drew Red-Winged Blackbird using Ring-Billed Gull's power
5. Play Bird - Griffon Vulture in Grasslands (finished first column for Behaviorist, for round end rats cached)
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in Wetlands for round end goal, discarded Worm for 3rd egg)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
7. Gain Food - Rat and Berry (for Burrowing Owl and Eurasian Green Woodpecker) from bird feeder, Tucked Red-Winged Blackbird to draw White Wagtail (from tray) using Yellow-Rumped Warbler's power

Round End: 1 Rat cached on Griffon Vulture

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

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Brown-Headed Cowbird (from tray) and Cerulean Warbler (from tray to tuck), Tucked Cerulean Warbler and drew Eastern Imperial Eagle (from tray) using Ring-Billed Gull's power
2. Play Bird - Brown-Headed Cowbird in Grasslands (used 2 Worms for Wheat in food cost, for 2nd Behaviorist  column and between turns eggs)
3. Play Bird - Burrowing Owl in Grasslands (to cache at least 2 rats on Griffon Vulture at round end)
4. Draw Birds - Swainson's Hawk and Carolina Chickadee (from tray to tuck), Tucked Carolina Chickadee and drew Red-Legged Partridge using Ring-Billed Gull's power
5. Draw Birds - Common Buzzard and Northern Flicker (both from deck), Tucked Red-Legged Partridge and drew Short-Toed Treecreeper using Ring-Billed Gull's power
1. Little Bustard from other player's Canvasback
6. Gain Food - 2 Rats (for Common Buzzard and maybe Swainson's Hawk) from bird feeder, Tucked Short-Toed Treecreeper to draw American Robin (from deck) using Yellow-Rumped Warbler's power

Round End: 2 Rats cached on Griffon Vulture

Round End Goal - Birds with Tucked Cards: 3 points (2nd w/ 2 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Buzzard in Wetlands (to cache another rat on Griffon Vulture at round end)
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power (before turn)
2. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Eurasian Green Woodpecker in Woodlands (finished 3rd Behaviorist column)
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
2. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in Grasslands for round end goal), No dice available for Burrowing Owl's power
4. Play Bird - Eastern Imperial Eagle in Grasslands (used Northern Flicker, American Robin, and White Wagtail for food cost)
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (in Grasslands for round end goal), Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die

Round End: 4 Rats cached on Griffon Vulture

Round End Goal - Eggs in Grasslands: 3 points (3rd w/ 7 eggs)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 81

• Bird Points - 40
• Bonus Cards - 9
• End of Round Goals - 8
• Eggs - 7
• Food on Cards - 7
• Tucked Cards - 10