Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - March 23, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Chipping Sparrow - for eggs while gaining food
• Common Starling - for Wetland Data Analyst
• Barrow's Goldeneye - for Wetland Data Analyst and eggs
• Hooded Warbler - high points
• Brown Falcon - for Wetland Data Analyst

Food

• Nectar - for Chipping Sparrow

Bonus Card: Wetland Data Analyst - Consecutive birds in Wetlands with ascending or descending wingspans

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Chipping Sparrow in Woodlands (for eggs while gaining food)
2. Draw Birds - Roseate Spoonbill (for Wetland Data Analyst and another bonus card)
3. Gain Food - Nectar and Fish from bird feeder (for Common Starling and Barrow's Goldeneye), Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
4. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Barrow's Goldeneye), Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
5. Play Bird - Common Starling in Wetlands (for Wetland Data Analyst)
6. Play Bird - Barrow's Goldeneye in Wetlands (for Wetland Data Analyst)
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
7. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Brown Falcon), Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
8. Play Bird - Brown Falcon in Wetlands (for Wetland Data Analyst)

Round End: No food to discard for Common Starling's power

Round End Goal - Birds worth less than or equal to 3 points: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Masked Lapwing (from tray, Grasslands bird, for food) and Red Kite (from deck), Brown Falcon's power unsuccessful (Australian Zebra Finch)
2. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Masked Lapwing and Hooded Warbler), Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
3. Play Bird - Masked Lapwing in Grasslands (gained Fish, Worm, Rat, and Wheat)
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
4. Play Bird - Roseate Spoonbill in Wetlands (for Wetland Data Analyst, Kept Falconer - Birds with a Predator power, other option was Fishery Manager - Birds that eat fish, with only one space left in Wetlands and only 2 played with Fish did not seem likely to be able to max)
5. Draw Birds - Osprey (from tray, for Wetland Data Analyst), Black-Shouldered Kite (from tray, for Falconer), and Rainbow Lorikeet (from deck), Brown Falcon's power unsuccessful (Black-Chinned Hummingbird)
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
6. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Rainbow Lorikeet), Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
7. Play Bird - Rainbow Lorikeet in Woodlands (for more food)

Round End: Discarded Worm and Rat to tuck 2 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Birds worth more than 4 points: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 3 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Hooded Warbler), Discarded Nectar to Gain 2 Nectar from bird feeder using Rainbow Lorikeet's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
2. Gain Food - Worm and Fish from bird feeder (for Hooded Warbler and Osprey), Discarded Nectar to Gain Rat and Worm from bird feeder using Rainbow Lorikeet's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
3. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Red Kite), Discarded Nectar to Gain Nectar and Rat from bird feeder using Rainbow Lorikeet's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
4. Play Bird - Hooded Warbler in Woodlands (high points and for round end goal)
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
5. Play Bird - Osprey in Wetlands (for Wetland Data Analyst)
1. Other player's Little Owl stole Rat, Gained Nectar from bird feeder
6. Play Bird - Red Kite in Woodlands (for Falconer and round end goal)

Round End: Discarded 3 Worms and Rat to tuck 4 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Birds in Woodlands: 3 points (2nd w/ 4 birds)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar and Rat from bird feeder (for Black-Shouldered Kite), Discarded Nectar to Gain 2 Nectar from bird feeder using Rainbow Lorikeet's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
2. Play Bird - Black-Shouldered Kite in Grasslands (for Falconer)
3. Draw Birds - Noisy Miner, Mississippi Kite, Squacco Heron, and Cedar Waxwing (all from deck), Fish from Osprey's power, Brown Falcon's power successful (Pink-Eared Duck)
1. Rat from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
2. Other player's Little Owl stole Rat, Gained Wheat from bird feeder
4. Play Bird - Mississippi Kite in Grasslands (for Falconer)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Cedar Waxwing and Squacco Heron for 3rd and 4th eggs), Mississippi Kite's power successful w/ 3 dice (?), Red-Shouldered Hawk's power unsuccessful

Round End: Discarded Fish, Rat, and Wheat to tuck 3 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Birds in One Row: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 5 birds)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 10)

Grasslands - 2 points (2nd w/ 4)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 4)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 97

• Bird Points - 44
• Bonus Cards - 16
• End of Round Goals - 12
• Eggs - 7
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 9
• Nectar - 9