Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - October 16, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Red-Tailed Hawk - for Rodentologist
• Wood Stork - for Rodentologist and another bonus card

Food

• Fish - for Wood Stork
• Worm - for Burrowing Owl (plan to draw from tray)
• Rat - for Red-Tailed Hawk

Bonus Card: Rodentologist - Birds that eat Rats (had 2 and 1 in tray for it)

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Burrowing Owl (from tray, for Rodentologist)
2. Draw Birds - Eurasian Green Woodpecker (from tray, 2nd bird for Woodlands to get far enough for 2 food, double for 2nd round)
3. Gain Food - Berry from bird feeder (for Eurasian Tree Sparrow)
4. Play Bird - Eurasian Green Woodpecker in Woodlands
5. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Burrowing Owl)
1. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
6. Play Bird - Wood Stork in Wetlands (for Rodentologist and round end goal, Bird Bander - Birds that can live in multiple habitats, other option was Omnivore - Birds that eat 🏳️‍🌈)
1. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
7. Gain Food - Rat from Bird Feeder (for Burrowing Owl)
8. Play Bird - Burrowing Owl in Grasslands (for Rodentologist and round end goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds Worth more than 4 points: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Rat from Bird Feeder (for Red-Tailed Hawk)
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice
1. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
3. Play Bird - Red-Tailed Hawk in Woodlands (used 2 Wheat for 2nd Rat in food cost, for Rodentologist and Bird Bander)
4. Draw Birds - Black Redstart and Greater Flamingo (discarded egg for 2nd bird, both from deck)
5. Gain Food - Berry and Worm from Bird Feeder (for Black Redstart), Red-Tailed Hawk's power successful (Indigo Bunting tucked)
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice
7. Gain Food - Rat and Wheat from Bird Feeder (for Greater Flamingo), Red-Tailed Hawk's power successful (White-Crowned Sparrow tucked)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 2 point (tied for 1st w/ 5 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Bird - Swainson's Hawk (from tray, for Rodentologist)
2. Play Bird - Swainson's Hawk in Grasslands (for Rodentologist)
1. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Swainson's Hawk's power unsuccessful (Black-Throated Diver), Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
4. Gain Food - Fish and Worm from Bird Feeder (for Greater Flamingo), Red-Tailed Hawk's power unsuccessful (Mantagu's Harrier)
5. Play Bird - Greater Flamingo in Wetlands (to be able to draw more birds and maybe tuck)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
2. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
6. Play Bird - Black Redstart in Grasslands (for round end eggs)

Round End: 3 eggs in Grasslands using Black Redstart's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 4 points (tied for 2nd w/ 2 eggs)

Round 4

1. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Fish for 4th egg, in Woodlands for round end goal), Swainson's Hawk's power successful (Scaled Quail tucked), Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
2. Draw Birds - Bell's Vireo and Short-Toed Treecreeper (both from deck), Tucked ? and drew Red-Bellied Woodpecker using Greater Flamingo's power
3. Gain Food - 2 Worms from Bird Feeder (for Bell's Vireo), Red-Tailed Hawk's power successful (Wilson's Snipe tucked)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
2. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill
4. Play Bird - Bell's Vireo in Grasslands (Platform Builder - Birds with builder nest, which I already had maxed, other option was Nest Box Builder - Bird with Hollow Nests)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Swainson's Hawk's power unsuccessful (Great Egret), Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die

Round End: 2 eggs in Wetlands using Black Redstart's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Woodlands: 3 points (tied for 2nd w/ 5 eggs)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 74

• Bird Points - 32
• Bonus Cards - 15
• End of Round Goals - 9
• Eggs - 13
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 5