Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - October 30, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Snowy Owl - for Bird Bander and another bonus card
• Fish Crow - for Bird Bander and food while laying eggs
• Eurasian Collared-Dove - to cache excess food

Food

• Fish - for Fish Crow
• Worm - for European Honey Buzzard (plan to draw first turn)

Bonus Card: Bird Bander - Birds that live in multiple habitats

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - European Honey Buzzard (from tray, for potential round end Worms)
2. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for European Honey Buzzard)
3. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Fish Crow)
4. Draw Birds - European Turtle Dove (from tray, for Bird Bander)
5. Play Bird - European Turtle Dove in Woodlands (Fishery Manager - ?, Atlantic Puffin from tray)
6. Lay Eggs - 1 Egg
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
7. Play Bird - European Honey Buzzard in Woodlands (for round end power)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
8. Play Bird - Fish Crow in Grasslands (for Bird Bander, Fishery Manager, and round end goal)

Round End: Worm from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Birds Worth more than 4 points: 0 points (tied for 2nd w/ 1 bird) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Bell's Vireo (from tray, for Bird Bander)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe (before turn)
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Discarded Egg for Fish using Fish Crow's power
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
3. Play Bird - Bell's Vireo in Grasslands (for Bird Bander, Bird Counter - Birds w/ a Tuck Power, other option was Breeding Manager - Birds with at least 4 eggs on them)
4. Draw Birds - American Coot (from tray, for Bird Counter)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
5. Draw Birds - Brown Pelican (from tray, for Fishery Manager)
6. Play Bird - Brown Pelican in Wetlands (used 2 Worms for 2nd Fish in food cost, for Fishery Manager and 3 Fish for Atlantic Puffin)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
7. Draw Birds - Green Heron (from tray, for Fishery Manager

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

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 0 point (0 eggs)

Round 3

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg for Wheat using Fish Crow's power
2. Play Bird - Green Heron in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
3. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager, Diet Specialist - Birds with a food cost of 3 food, other option was Passerine Specialist - Birds with wingspans of 30cm or less, which I only had one and harder to score anything on at this point)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
4. Draw Birds - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (from tray, for Diet Specialist) and Purple Gallinule (from deck), Traded Worm for Berry using Green Heron's power
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (2 in star nests for round end goal), Skipped Fish Crow's power
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (across habitats for next round end goal), Discarded Egg for Berry using Fish Crow's power

Round End: Worm from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Hollow Nest Bird w/ Egg: 4 points (tied for 2nd w/ 2 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher in Grasslands (for Diet Specialist and Worms)
2. Play Bird - Eurasian Collared-Dove in Grasslands (for Bird Counter and round end power)
3. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (across habitats for round end goal), Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power, Discarded Egg for Rat using Fish Crow's power
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (across habitats for round end goal), Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power, Discarded Egg for Rat using Fish Crow's power
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
5. Play Bird - Snowy Owl in Wetlands (for Bird Bander, Ethologist - Different power colors in one habitat, Egg)

Round End: 2 Worms from European Honey Buzzard's power, Discarded 5 Worms to tuck 5 under Eurasian Collared-Dove

Round End Goal - Sets of Eggs in All Habitats: 4 points (2nd w/ 2 sets)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 92

• Bird Points - 51
• Bonus Cards - 23
• End of Round Goals - 6
• Eggs - 7
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 5