Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - September 24, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Dark-Eyed Junco - bird for Woodlands to try for first round end goal and for tucking excess cards for Wheat, 
• House Finch - bird for Grasslands to try for first round end goal, for tucking while laying eggs
• Common Yellowthroat - for Wetlands Scientist and more birds for tucking

Food: Worm (for Common Yellowthroat) and Wheat (for Dark-Eyed Junco)

Bonus Card: Wetland Scientist - Birds that can only live in Wetlands

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Common Yellowthroat in Wetlands (for more birds and Wetlands Scientist)
2. Draw Birds - Roseate Spoonbill (from tray, for Wetlands Scientist), Blue-Winged Warbler and Red-Shouldered Hawk (from deck) using Common Yellowthroat's power (discarded Dark-Eyed Junco)
3. Draw Birds - Common Kingfisher (from tray, for Wetlands Scientist), Pygmy Nuthatch (from tray to discard) and Red-Breasted Merganser (from deck) using Common Yellowthroat's power (discarded Pygmy Nuthatch)
4. Gain Food - Berry from bird feeder (for House Finch)
5. Play Bird - House Finch in Woodlands (gave up on getting set of eggs for round end, going for getting birds in Woodlands for more food)
6. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder (for Red-Shouldered Hawk), Tucked Common Kingfisher and drew Hooded Merganser using House Finch's power
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
8. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for one of my Wetlands birds), Tucked Red-Shoulder Hawk (tried to play but game kept crashing because turns out other player already had this bird in play...guess I should have kept that Dark-Eyed Junco) and drew Common Little Bittern using House Finch's power

Game End - Other Player Took Too Long