Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - February 7, 2024

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Barred Owl - for Nest Box Builder
• Brown Falcon - Grasslands bird
• Australasian Shelduck - for Nest Box Builder

Food

• Nectar and Worm for Australasian Shelduck
• Rat for Barred Owl

Bonus Card: Nest Box Builder - Birds with Hollow Nests

Round 1

1. Draw Bird - White-Backed Woodpecker (from tray, for Nest Box Builder and more food)
2. Play Bird - White-Backed Woodpecker in Woodlands (for Nest Box Builder and more food)
3. Gain Food - Wheat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Australasian Shelduck and Brown Falcon), Nectar from White-Backed Woodpecker's power
4. Draw Bird - Eastern Rosella (from tray, for Nest Box Builder and more food)
5. Play Bird - Eastern Rosella in Grasslands (for Nest Box Builder and food while laying eggs
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Nectar and Wheat from Eastern Rosella's power
7. Play Bird - Australasian Shelduck in Wetlands (for Nest Box Builder and more birds)
8. Draw Birds - Northern Goshawk and Kelp Gull (both from tray, high points), Red-Backed Fairywren from Australian Shelduck's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - No Goal

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Pied-Billed Grebe (from deck) and Wood Stork (from tray, for another bonus card), Rainbow Lorikeet from Australian Shelduck's power
2. Play Bird - Brown Falcon in Grasslands (for potential tuck while laying eggs)
1. Wheat from other player's Galah
3. Draw Birds - Indigo Bunting (from tray, for food while laying eggs) and Snowy Owl (from tray, for another bonus card), Downy Woodpecker from Australian Shelduck's power
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in Wetlands for round end goal, discarded Pied-Billed Grebe for 3rd egg), Brown Falcon's power successful (Willet), Nectar and Wheat from Eastern Rosella's power
5. Gain Food - Worm and Rat from bird feeder (for Snowy Owl and Indigo Bunting), Nectar from White-Backed Woodpecker's power
6. Play Bird - Snowy Owl in Wetlands (Citizen Scientist - Birds with tucked cards, Chestnut-Collared Longspur from tray for another bonus card)
7. Play Bird - Indigo Bunting in Grasslands (for potential food while laying eggs)
1. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
8. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (in Wetlands for round end goal, discarded Rainbow Lorikeet and Worm for 3rd and 4th eggs), Worm from Indigo Bunting's power, Brown Falcon's power successful (Sacred Kingfisher), Nectar and Wheat from Eastern Rosella's power
1. Berry from other player's Common Nightingale

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 2 points (2nd w/ 6 eggs)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - Chestnut-Collared Longspur in Grasslands (Fishery Manager - Birds that eat Fish, other option was Prairie Manager - Birds that can only live in Grasslands)
2. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in Grasslands for round end goal), Worm from Indigo Bunting's power, Brown Falcon's power successful (Eastern Kingbird), Nectar and Wheat from Eastern Rosella's power
1. Berry from other player's Baltimore Oriole
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in Grasslands for round end goal), Worm from Indigo Bunting's power, Brown Falcon's power successful (Eurasian Jay), Nectar and Wheat from Eastern Rosella's power
4. Play Bird - Wood Stork in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager, Rodentologist - Birds that eat rats, other option was Viticulturalist - Birds that eat berries)
5. Play Bird - Red-Backed Fairywren in Grasslands (for Nest Box Builder and to get far enough in Grasslands to lay 4 eggs)
1. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (in Grasslands for round end goal), No worm or berry available for Indigo Bunting's power, Brown Falcon's power unsuccessful (Black-Billed Magpie), Nectar and Wheat from Eastern Rosella's power
1. Wheat from other player's Common Nightingale
7. Play Bird - Kelp Gull in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager and to draw more birds)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Grasslands: 3 points (2nd w/ 9 eggs)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Northern Bobwhite, Golden Eagle, and Pacific Black Duck (all from deck), Skipped Kelp Gull's power, Canvasback from Australian Shelduck's power
1. Fish from other player's Osprey (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Downy Woodpecker (for Nest Box Builder) and Northern Goshawk(for Rodentologist, used Northern Bobwhite and Pacific Black Duck for food cost)
3. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, No worm or berry available for Indigo Bunting's power, Brown Falcon's power unsuccessful (Black Noddy), Nectar and Wheat from Eastern Rosella's power
1. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
4. Play Bird - Barred Owl in Woodlands (for Nest Box Builder and Rodentologist)
1. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, No worm or berry available for Indigo Bunting's power, Brown Falcon's power unsuccessful (Lewin's Honeyeater), Nectar and Wheat from Eastern Rosella's power
6. Play Bird - Golden Eagle in Wetlands (for Rodentologist)
1. Berry from other player's Common Nightingale

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cup Nest Bird w/ Egg: 3 points (tied for 2nd w/ 2 birds)

Game End: Egg from Red-Backed Fairywren's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 4)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 9)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 116

• Bird Points - 63
• Bonus Cards - 22
• End of Round Goals - 8
• Eggs - 12
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 6
• Nectar - 5