Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - November 4, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Northern Cardinal - for Berries
• Great Horned Owl - high points, 2nd bird for Woodlands

Food

• Berry and Wheat - for Northern Cardinal
• Rat - for Great Horned Owl

Bonus Card: Omnivore Expert - Birds that eat 🏳️‍🌈

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Hooded Crow (from tray, for Omnivore Expert)
2. Draw Birds - Sandhill Crane (from tray, for Omnivore Expert)
3. Play Bird - Northern Cardinal in Woodlands (for Berries)
4. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder (for Great Horned Owl), Berry from supply from Northern Cardinal's power
1. Worm from other player's Common Nightingale
5. Draw Birds - American Coot (from tray, for Omnivore Expert)
1. Wheat from other player's Common Nightingale
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
7. Play Bird - American Coot in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert and tuck while drawing birds)
8. Play Bird - Hooded Crow in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert and round end goal)

Round End: Skipped Hooded Crow's power

Round End Goal - Food Cost of Played Birds: 4 points (1st w/ 7 food cost) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder (for Great Horned Owl), Berry from supply from Northern Cardinal's power
2. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Sandhill Crane), Berry from supply from Northern Cardinal's power
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
3. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Sandhill Crane), Berry from supply from Northern Cardinal's power
4. Play Birds - Sandhill Crane in Wetlands (used 2 Berries for one of the Wheat in food cost to save a Wheat for tucking, for Omnivore Expert and round end goal)
1. Worm from other player's Common Nightingale
5. Draw Birds - Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (from deck) and Mountain Bluebird (from tray to tuck), Discarded Wheat to tuck 2 under Sandhill Crane, Tucked ? and drew ? using American Coot's power
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
7. Play Bird - Northern Harrier in Wetlands (for round end goal and to get far enough in Wetlands to draw 3 birds)

Round End: Skipped Hooded Crow's power

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

Round 3

1. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder (for Great Horned Owl), Berry from supply from Northern Cardinal's power
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
2. Draw Birds - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (from tray, high points and worms), Swainson's Hawk (from deck), and Common Swift (from deck),  Northern Harrier's power successful (Yellowhammer tucked), No Wheat for Sandhill Crane's power, Tucked Swainson's Hawk and drew Great Tit (from deck) using American Coot's power
1. Berry from other player's Common Nightingale
3. Play Bird - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher in Grasslands (for worms while laying eggs)
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power
5. Play Bird - Red-Cockaded Woodpecker in Woodlands (Platform Builder - Birds with Builder nests, other option was Wetland Scientist - Birds that only live in Wetlands, which was impossible to score on now)
1. Worm from other player's Common Nightingale
6. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Common Swift, had hoped for Rat on reroll), Berry from supply from Northern Cardinal's power

Round End: Tucked Great Tit and drew Red-Belllied Woodpecker (from deck) using Hooded Crow's power

Round End Goal - Food in Personal Supply: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 6 food)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Rat and Wheat from bird feeder (for Common Swift, had hoped for Rat on reroll), Berry from supply from Northern Cardinal's power
2. Play Bird - Common Swift in Grasslands (for round end power and to get far enough to lay 3 eggs)
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power
4. Play Bird - Great Horned Owl in Woodlands (used 2 Berries for 3rd Rat in food cost, for Platform Builder)
5. Draw Birds - Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Great Egret, and Say's Phoebe (all from tray),  Northern Harrier's power successful (Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker tucked), Discarded Wheat to tuck 2 under Sandhill Crane, Tucked Say's Phoebe and drew Lesser Whitethroat (from deck) using American Coot's power

Round End: Tucked Lesser Whitethroat and Eurasian Green Woodpecker, and drew Bonelli's Eagle and Horned Lark (both from tray) using Hooded Crow's power

Round End Goal - Brown Powers: 4 points (2nd w/ 3 birds)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 87

• Bird Points - 42
• Bonus Cards - 10
• End of Round Goals - 17
• Eggs - 2
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 16