Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - February 6, 2024

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - for more food
• White-Throated Swift - for Food Web Expert
• Grey Teal - for 1st round end goal
• Say's Phoebe -for food web expert

Food

• Nectar and Wheat for Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Bonus Card: Food Web Expert - Birds that eat only Worms

Round 1

1. Gain Food - Nectar from bird feeder (for Rose-Breasted Grosbeak)
2. Play Bird - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak in Woodlands (for more food)
3. Gain Food - 2 Nectars from bird feeder (for Grey Teal and White-Throated Swift), Wheat from bird feeder using Rose-Breasted Grosbeak's power
4. Play Bird - Grey Teal in Wetlands (for round end goal and more birds)
5. Draw Birds - Red Crossbill (from tray, high points, for more food) and Bonelli's Eagle (from deck), Black-Chinned Hummingbird from Grey Teal's power
6. Play Bird - Black-Chinned Hummingbird in Grasslands (for Berry while laying eggs)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (on Grey Teal for round end goal), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (on Grey Teal for round end goal), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nest: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 4 eggs) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Abbott's Booby (from tray, for another bonus card) and Savi's Warbler (from deck), Bushtit from Grey Teal's power
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectars from bird feeder (for Red Crossbill), Wheat from bird feeder using Rose-Breasted Grosbeak's power
3. Play Bird - Red Crossbill in Woodlands (for more food)
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectars from bird feeder (for Bushtit), Wheat from Red Crossbill's power, No Berry or Wheat available for Rose-Breasted Grosbeak's power
5. Play Bird - Bushtit in Wetlands (star nest for other player's Pileated Woodpecker's power and eggs while drawing birds)
6. Gain Food - 2 Nectars from bird feeder (for Abbott's Booby), Wheat from Red Crossbill's power, Wheat from bird feeder using Rose-Breasted Grosbeak's power
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
7. Play Bird - Abbott's Booby in Wetlands (Bird Bander - Birds that can live in multiple habitats and Forest Data Analyst - Consecutive birds in Woodlands with ascending or descending wingspans, Discarded Food Web Expert and Large Bird Specialist)
1. Egg from other player's Pileated Woodpecker

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Food in Personal Supply: 2 points (2nd w/ 7 food)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Red-Eyed Vireo (from tray, for Forest Data Analyst) and White-Backed Woodpecker (from deck), Tucked White-Throated Swift for egg on Bushtit, Brown Falcon from Grey Teal's power
2. Play Bird - Brown Falcon in Grasslands (for Bird Bander)
3. Draw Birds - American Robin and American Goldfinch (both from deck), Tucked American Goldfinch for egg on Bushtit, No Wetlands bird for Grey Teal's power
4. Play Bird - American Robin in Grasslands (for Bird Bander and to tuck while laying eggs)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Berry and Wheat for 2 eggs, in Woodlands for round end goal), Tucked White-Backed Woodpecker to draw Wedge-Tailed Eagle (from deck) using American Robin's power, Brown Falcon's power successful (Superb Lyrebird), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
6. Gain Food - Rat and 2 Worms from bird feeder (discarded Savi's Warbler for 3rd food, for Wedge-Tailed Eagle and Say's Phoebe), Wheat from Red Crossbill's power, Wheat from bird feeder using Rose-Breasted Grosbeak's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Woodlands: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 4 eggs)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Eurasian Tree Sparrow (from tray, for Forest Data Analyst), Snowy Egret (from deck) and Little Penguin (discarded egg for 3rd bird, from deck), Skipped Bushtit's power, Eurasian Hobby from Grey Teal's power
1. Egg from other player's Pileated Woodpecker (before turn)
2. Nectar from other player's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Tucked Snowy Egret to draw White-Crowned Sparrow (for Forest Data Analyst), Brown Falcon's power unsuccessful (House Sparrow), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
3. Play Bird - Red-Eyed Vireo and White-Crowned Sparrow in Grasslands (for Forest Data Analyst)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
4. Play Bird - Bonelli's Eagle in Wetlands (used Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Penguin, and Wedge-Tailed Eagle for food cost, for Bird Bander, for Bird Bander and round end goal)
5. Play Bird - Say's Phoebe in Grasslands (7 eggs)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds Worth more than 4 points: 4 points (2nd w/ 6 birds)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 5)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 0)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 5)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 99

• Bird Points - 49
• Bonus Cards - 12
• End of Round Goals - 14
• Eggs - 8
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 9
• Nectar - 7