Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - October 2, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• White-Faced Ibis - high points
• Barred Owl - low food cost for Woodlands and potential tucks when gaining food
• Mute Swan - for tucked cards for 3rd round end goal

Food

• Worm (for maybe drawing Eastern Screech Owl or use for Mute Swan)
• Rat (for Barred Owl)

Bonus Card: Oologist - Birds that have at least 1 egg on them (easier to manage and focus on bird powers and/or bird points)

Round 1

1. Draw Bird - Eastern Screech Owl (low food cost for second bird in Woodlands)
2. Draw Bird - Scaled Quail (from tray, Grasslands bird and eggs for 2nd round end goal)
3. Draw Bird - Black-Chinned Hummingbird (low food cost, Berries)
4. Play Bird - Barred Owl in Woodlands
1. White Wagtail from other player's Spotted Sandpiper
5. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for White Wagtail), Barred Owl's power successful (European Turtle Dove tucked)
6. Play Bird - White Wagtail in Wetlands (to use round end power)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (to use White Wagtail's round end power)
8. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Scaled Quail), Barred Owl's power successful (Red-Backed Shrike tucked)

Round End: Scaled Quail in Grasslands using White Wagtail's round end power

Round End Goal - Filled Columns: 1 points (tied for 1st w/ 1 column)

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Common Nightingale and Horned Lark (discarded egg for 2nd bird, both from tray)
1. Brewer's Blackbird from other player's Spotted Sandpiper (before turn)
2. Worm from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
2. Play Bird - Common Nightingale in Grasslands (for food while laying eggs)
1. Berry from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in cluster nest for round end goal), Worm from Common Nightingale's power, Egg on Scaled Quail
4. Play Bird - Eastern Screech Owl in Woodlands (to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food)
5. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat from bird feeder (for White-Faced Ibis and Brewer's Blackbird), Eastern Screech Owl's power successful w/ 3 dice (rat cached), Barred Owl's power successful (Blue-Winged Warbler tucked)
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
6. Play Bird - Brewer's Blackbird in Grasslands (to tuck for 3rd round end goal)
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (2 in cluster nest for round end goal), Tucked Horned Lark to lay egg on Brewer's Blackbird (do not have birds I would want to tuck if I got Horned Lark activated, so made more sense to tuck it) Berry from Common Nightingale's power, Egg on Scaled Quail

Round End: Black-Chinned Hummingbird in Wetlands using White Wagtail's round end power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nest:: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 6 eggs)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Mute Swan), Eastern Screech Owl's power successful w/ 2 dice (Rat cached), Barred Owl's power successful (Red-Legged Partridge tucked)
2. Play Bird - Mute Swan in Wetlands (to tuck cards for round end goal)
1. Roseate Spoonbill from other player's Northern Shoveler
2. Cerulean Warbler from other player's Spotted Sandpiper
3. Draw Birds - Bronzed Cowbird, Savi's Warbler, and Cassin's Sparrow (used egg for 3rd bird. all from tray), Tucked Bronzed Cowbird, Savi's Warbler, and Cassin's Sparrow and drew Red Knot (from deck) using Mute Swan's power, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Tucked White-Faced Ibis to lay egg on Brewer's Blackbird, Worm from Common Nightingale's power, Egg on Scaled Quail
1. Eastern Bluebird from other player's Northern Shoveler
2. Red-Breasted Merganser from other player's Spotted Sandpiper
5. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Red Knot), Eastern Screech Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, Barred Owl's power successful (Red-Bellied Woodpecker tucked)
1. Wheat from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
6. Gain Food - Fish and Worm from bird feeder (for Roseate Spoonbill and Cerulean Warbler), Eastern Screech Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice, Barred Owl's power unsuccessful (Canvasback)
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark

Round End: Cerulean Warbler (Wildlife Gardener - Birds with cup nests, which I had 5 of already, other option was Behaviorist - Columns with 3 colors, which was too late to do anything for) using White Wagtail's round end power

Round End Goal - Birds w/ Tucked Cards: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 5 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Red Knot in Wetlands (Falconer - Birds with a Predator power, kept Montagu's Harrier, discarded Ruff and Franklin's Gull)
1. Red-Winged Blackbird from other player's Northern Shoveler
2. Audouin's Gull from other player's Spotted Sandpiper
2. Gain Food - Worm and 2 Rats from bird feeder (discarded Red-Breasted Merganser for 3rd food, for ?), Eastern Screech Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, Barred Owl's power successful (House Finch tucked)
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
3. Play Bird - Eastern Bluebird and Red-Winged Blackbird in Grasslands (used 2 rats for Wheat in food cost, maxes Wildlife Gardener bonus, to tuck for egg)
1. Other player's Black-Headed Gull stole Fish, gained Berry from bird feeder
4. Lay Eggs - 5 eggs (discarded Berry for 5th egg, Tucked Audouin's Gull to lay egg on Red-Winged Blackbird, Tucked Roseate Spoonbill to lay egg on Brewer's Blackbird, Skipped Common Nightingale's power, Egg on Scaled Quail
5. Draw Birds - American Kestrel, Little Bustard, and Moltoni's Warbler (all from tray), Tucked American Kestrel, Little Bustard, and Moltoni's Warbler and drew Yellow-Rumped Warbler using Mute Swan's power, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird
6. Play Bird - Montagu's Harrier on Scaled Quail (discarding egg from it still meant best points option)

Round End: Yellow-Rumped Warbler in Woodlands using White Wagtail's round end power

Round End Goal - Birds in Woodlands: 5 points (tied 1st w/ 4 birds)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 105

• Bird Points - 45
• Bonus Cards - 19
• End of Round Goals - 11
• Eggs - 11
• Food on Cards - 2
• Tucked Cards - 17