Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - March 30, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Little Owl - Woodlands bird and for Rodentologist
• Greater Prairie-Chicken - for first round end goal and another bonus card
• Australian Ibis - for birds or tucks while laying eggs

Food

• Nectar - for Greater Prarie-Chicken
• Worm and Rat - for Little Owl

Bonus Card: Rodentologist - Birds that eat Rats

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Laughing Kookaburra (from tray, for Rodentologist and food)
2. Play Bird - Laughing Kookaburra in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds)
3. Play Bird - Little Owl in Woodlands (for Rodentologist and to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food)
4. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Greater Prairie-Chicken), Little Owl's power successful (rat cached)
5. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Greater Prairie-Chicken and Australian Ibis), Little Owl's power unsuccessful
6. Play Bird - Greater Prairie-Chicken in Grasslands (Nest Box Builder - Birds with Hollow nests, other option was Bird Feeder - Birds that eat Wheat)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (1 on Greater Prarie-Chicken for round end goal)
8. Draw Birds - Yellow-Bellied Cuckoo and American Kestrel (both from deck), Fish from Laughing Kookaburra's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cluster Nest Bird w/ Egg: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 1 bird) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Masked Lapwing (from tray, for food) and Pink-Eared Duck (from tray, for Nest Box Builder), Rat from Laughing Kookaburra's power
2. Draw Birds - Short Toed-Treecreeper (from deck) and Wedge-Tailed Eagle (from tray, for Rodentologist), Rat from Laughing Kookaburra's power
3. Play Bird - Masked Lapwing in Wetlands (Nectar, Worm, Rat, and Wheat)
4. Play Bird - American Kestrel in Grasslands (for Rodentologist and Nest Box Builder)
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (Discarded Yellow-Bellied Cuckoo for 3rd egg), American Kestrel's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
6. Play Bird - Wedge-Tailed Eagle in Woodlands (for Rodentologist and round end goal)
1. Worm from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
7. Play Bird - Pink-Eared Duck on Wetlands (for Nest Box Builder)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Filled Columns: 2 point (tied for 1st w/ 2 columns)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Cooper's Hawk (from tray, for Rodentologist) and Ferriginous Hawk (from tray, for Rodentologist), Peregrine Falcon from Pink-Eared Duck's power, Rat from Laughing Kookaburra's power
1. Worm from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
2. Draw Birds -Eastern Phoebe (from tray, for Nest Box Builder) and Hermit Thrush (from tray, for Nest Box Builder), Bell's Vireo from Pink-Eared Duck's power, Worm from Laughing Kookaburra's power
3. Play Bird - Eastern Phoebe in Grasslands (for Nest Box Builder and Worms while laying eggs)
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (Discarded Short-Toed Treecreeper and Australian Ibis for 3rd & 4th eggs), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, American Kestrel's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice
1. Egg from ohter player's Princess Stephanie's Astrapia
5. Play Bird - Bell's Vireo in Grasslands (for Nest Box Builder, Falconer - Birds with a Predator power, other option was Forester - Birds that can only live in Woodlands)
6. Play Bird - Cooper's Hawk in Woodlands (for Rodentologist and Falconer)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - No Goal

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - White-Bellied Sea-Eagle (from tray, for Rodentologist and Falconer) and Thekla's Lark (from deck), European Roller from Pink-Eared Duck's power, Rat from Laughing Kookaburra's power
1. Nectar from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
2. Play Bird - White-Bellied Sea-Eagle in Woodlands (for Rodentologist and Falconer)
3. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded European Roller for 4th egg), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, American Kestrel's power successful w/ 1 die (Rat cached)
4. Gain Food - 2 Worms and 2 Rats from bird feeder (discard Thekla's Lark for 4th food, for Peregrine Falcon and/or Ferruginous Hawk), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached), Cooper's Hawk's power unsuccessful (Black Vulture), Wedge-Tailed Eagle's power unsuccessful (Parrot Crossbill), Little Owl's power successful (Rat cached)
5. Play Bird - Ferruginous Hawk in Grasslands (for Rodentologist and Falconer)
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Ferruginous Hawk's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, American Kestrel's power successful w/ 2 dice (Rat cached)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 3 points (3rd w/ 6 eggs)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 1 points (tied for 2nd w/ 1)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 1)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 102

• Bird Points - 50
• Bonus Cards - 33
• End of Round Goals - 7
• Eggs - 6
• Food on Cards - 5
• Tucked Cards - 0
• Nectar - 1