Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - November 6, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Northern Mockingbird - for Bird Bander
• Barn Swallow - for Bird Bander
• House Finch - for Bird Bander
• Common Chaffinch - for Bird Bander

Food

• Worm - for Barn Swallow

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

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Bonelli's Eagle (from tray, for Bird Bander)
2. Play Bird - Barn Swallow in Wetlands (for Bird Bander and star nest for round end goal)
3. Draw Birds - Mountain Bluebird (from tray to tuck), Tucked Mountain Bluebird to draw Clark's Grebe (from tray, low food cost and star nest for 2nd bird in Wetlands to be able to draw more birds) using Barn Swallow's power
4. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for Clark's Grebe)
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
6. Play Bird - Clark's Grebe in Wetlands (star nest for round end goal)
7. Draw Birds - White Stork (from deck) and Northern Gannet (from tray to tuck), Skipped Clark's Grebe's power, Tucked Northern Gannet and drew Common Merganser (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power
1. Fish from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
1. Berry from other player's Anna's Hummingbird

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Builder Nest Bird w/ Egg: 4 points (1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Play Bird - House Finch in Wetlands (for Bird Bander and round end goal)
2. Draw Birds - Great Blue Heron (from deck) and Song Sparrow (from tray to tuck), Tucked Song Sparrow and drew Common Nighthawk (from tray to tuck) using House Finch's power, Skipped Clark's Grebe's power, Tucked Common Nighthawk and drew European Bee-Eater (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
3. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for Great Blue Heron)
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
4. Play Eggs - 2 eggs
5. Draw Birds - Scaled Quail (from deck) and Goldcrest (from tray to tuck), Tucked Goldcrest and drew Broad-Winged Hawk (from tray to tuck) using House Finch's power, Skipped Clark's Grebe's power, Tucked Broad-Winged Hawk and drew Cassin's Finch (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power
1. Berry from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
6. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Great Blue Heron)
7. Play Bird - Great Blue Heron and Common Merganser in Wetlands (for round end goal and to be able to draw more cards to use for tucking)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Wetlands: 5 point (1st w/ 5 birds)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - Cassin's Finch in Woodlands (Ecologist - Birds in your habitat with the fewest birds, other option was Rodentologist - Birds that eat Rats)
1. Worm from other player's Anna's Hummingbird (before turn)
2. Draw Birds - Eastern Bluebird (from deck), Barred Owl (from deck) and Anhinga (from tray to tuck), Common Merganser's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die, Tucked Anhinga and drew Red-Winged Blackbird (from tray to tuck) using House Finch's power, Skipped Clark's Grebe's power, Tucked ? and drew Brown Pelican (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power
1. Fish from other player's Anna's Hummingbird 
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
1. Worm from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
4. Play Bird - Bonelli's Eagle in Woodlands (used Brown Pelican, Scaled Quail, and European Bee-Eater for food cost, for Bird Bander)
5. Gain Food - Worm and Berry (for Eastern Bluebird) from bird feeder
6. Play Bird - Eastern Bluebird and Common Chaffinch in Grasslands (for Bird Bander and Ecologist and round end goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds with No Egg: 3 points (2nd w/ 9 birds)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Black-Chinned Hummingbird, Corsican Nuthatch, and Eurasian Jay (all from deck), Common Merganser's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, Tucked Eurasian Jay and drew Red-Breasted Nuthatch (from tray to tuck) using House Finch's power, Skipped Clark's Grebe's power, Tucked Red-Breasted Nuthatch and drew Cetti's Warbler (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power
1. Worm from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
2. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in star nests for round end goal), Tucked Cetti's Warbler and Northern Mockingbird using Common Chaffinch's power
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
3. Play Bird - White Stork in Grasslands (for Bird Bander)
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
4. Play Bird - Black-Chinned Hummingbird in Woodlands (for Bird Bander and Ecologist)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Wheat for 4th egg, in star nests for round end goal), Ruby-Throated Hummingbird from White Stork's power, Tucked Barred Owl, Corsican Nuthatch, and Ruby-Throated Hummingbird using Common Chaffinch's power
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nest: 3 points (1st w/ 5 eggs)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 102

• Bird Points - 51
• Bonus Cards - 13
• End of Round Goals - 15
• Eggs - 5
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 18