Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - February 14, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Blue Jay - for Wildlife Gardener and more food
• Tawny Frogmouth - for last round end goal
• Brown-Headed Cowbird - for between turns eggs

Food

• Nectar to draw another bird from tray first turn
• Worm and Wheat for Blue Jay

Bonus Card: Wildlife Gardener - Birds with Cup nests

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Parrot Crossbill and Black-Chinned Hummingbird (both from tray for Wildlife Gardener)
2. Play Bird - Blue Jay in Woodlands (for Wildlife Gardener and more food)
3. Gain Food - Nectar and Rat from bird feeder (for Brown-Headed Cowbird and Tawny Frogmouth),  Wheat from Blue Jay's power
4. Play Bird - Brown-Headed Cowbird in Grasslands (for between turns eggs)
5. Play Bird - Black-Chinned Hummingbird in Wetlands (for Wildlife Gardener and Berry while drawing birds
6. Draw Birds - Wilson's Storm-Petrel and Eurasian Jay (both from tray for Wildlife Gardener), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
7. Draw Birds - Lincoln's Sparrow (from deck) and Atlantic Puffin (from tray for Wildlife Gardener), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
8. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Parrot Crossbill and Eurasian Jay),  Wheat from Blue Jay's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power

Round End: none

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

Round 2

1. Play Bird - Parrot Crossbill in Woodlands (for Wildlife Gardener and more food)
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
2. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Atlantic Puffin), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power, Wheat from Blue Jay's power (cached Wheat)
3. Play Bird - Eurasian Jay in Woodlands (for Wildlife Gardener)
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectar and Rat from bird feeder (discarded Lincoln's Sparrow for 3rd food, for Atlantic Puffin and Tawny Frogmouth), Eurasian Jay's power successful (Wheat cached), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power, Wheat from Blue Jay's power (Wheat cached)
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power's
2. Indigo Bunting from other player's Northern Shoveler
5. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin in Wetlands (Mechanical Engineer - Sets of the 4 nest types, other option was Bird Feeder- Birds that eat Wheat)
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power's
6. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Indigo Bunting), Eurasian Jay's power successful (Wheat cached), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power, Wheat from Blue Jay's power (Wheat cached)
7. Play Bird - Indigo Bunting in Grasslands (for Wildlife Gardener and 3rd round end goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Food in Personal Supply: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 4 food)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Grey Warbler and Emu (both from tray for Mechanical Engineer), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
1. Cetti's Warbler from other player's Northern Shoveler
2. Gain Food - 3 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Cetti's Warbler for 3rd food, for Emu and Tawny Frogmouth), Eurasian Jay's power successful (Wheat cached), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power, Wheat from Blue Jay's power (Wheat cached)
3. Draw Birds - European Turtle Dove (from deck) and Gould's Finch (from tray for Mechanical Engineer), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power's
4. Play Bird - European Turtle Dove in Grasslands (Bird Counter - Birds with a Tuck power, Egg)
5. Play Bird - Tawny Frogmouth in Grasslands (for Mechanical Engineer)
1. Red-Legged Partridge from other player's Northern Shoveler
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Red-Legged Partridge for 4th egg, in Grasslands for round end goal), Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached), Worm from Indigo Bunting's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power's

Round End: none

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

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Gray Warbler and Gould's Finch in Woodlands (for Mechanical Engineer and game end power)
1. Wheat from ohter platers Ted Crossbill
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar, Fish, and Worm from bird feeder (for Wilson's Storm Petrel), Eurasian Jay's power successful (Wheat cached), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power, Wheat from Blue Jay's power (Wheat cached)
3. Play Bird - Wilson's Storm Petrel in Wetlands (for Mechanical Engineer)
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power's
4. Draw Birds - Mistletoebird and Malleefowl (both from deck), Belted Kingfisher from Wilson's Storm Petrel's power (discarded Magpie-Lark, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power's
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (Discarded Mistletoebird for 4th egg, in builder nests for round end goal), Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached), Berry from Indigo Bunting's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power's

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Builder Nest: 4 points (2nd w/ 8 eggs)

Game End: Played Malleefowl using Gould's Finch's power, 3 eggs from Malleefowl's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 0)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 6)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 6)

Game End - 

Final Score - 107

• Bird Points - 54
• Bonus Cards - 15
• End of Round Goals - 10
• Eggs - 10
• Food on Cards - 11
• Tucked Cards - 0
• Nectar - 7