Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - March 5, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Eurasian Sparrowhawk - for Behviorist
• Common Nightingale - for Behaviorist and food while drawing birds
• Moltoni's Warbler - for Behaviorist and round end power
• Montagu's Harrier - for Behaviorist

Food

• Nectar - for Common Nightingale
• Berry - for Moltoni's Warbler

Bonus Card: Behaviorist - For each column that contains birds with 3 different power colors

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Common Nightingale in Wetlands (for Behaviorist and food while drawing birds)
2. Draw Birds - Stellar's Jay (from tray, for Behaviorist and potential Wheat) and Black-Bellied Whistling Duck (from tray, for tuck power), Nectar from Common Nightingale's power
3. Draw Birds - Splendid Fairywren (from tray, for Behaviorist) and White-Crowned Sparrow (from tray, for Eurasian Sparrowhawk), Nectar from Common Nightingale's power
4. Draw Birds - Sacred Kingfisher (from tray, for Behaviorist and potential food) and Mallard (from deck), Nectar from Common Nightingale's power
5. Play Bird - Sacred Kingfisher in Woodlands (for Behaviorist and potential between turns food)
6. Play Bird - Moltoni's Warbler in Grasslands (for Behaviorist)
7. Gain Food - Worm and Rat from bird feeder (for Splendid Fairywren and Stellar's Jay)
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs

Round End: Played Splendid Fairywren in Grasslands using Moltoni's Warbler's power

Round End Goal - Fish and Rat in Food Cost: 1 points (2nd w/ 1 food cost) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Eurasian Magpie (from tray, for Behaviorist) and Trumpeter Swan (from tray, for Behaviorist and high points), Nectar from Common Nightingale's power
1. Worm from Sacred Kingfisher's power (before turn)
2. Rat from Sacred Kingfisher's power
2. Play Bird - White-Crowned Sparrow in Grasslands (to play Montagu's Harrier on top of for round end goal)
3. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded 2 Rats for 3rd and 4th eggs), Skipped White-Crowned Sparrow's power
4. Play Bird - Eurasian Sparrowhawk in Woodlands (for Behaviorist, used Mallard for food cost)
5. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Eurasian Magpie)
6. Play Bird - Eurasian Magpie in Grasslands (for Behaviorist and round end power)
1. Fish from Sacred Kingfisher's power
7. Draw Birds - Anna's Hummingbird (from tray, for Behaviorist and food while drawing birds) and Griffon Vulture (from tray, for Behaviorist), Nectar from Common Nightingale's power

Round End: Played Anna's Hummingbird in Wetlands using Moltoni's Warbler's power, Cached 2 Berries on Eurasian Magpie

Round End Goal - Birds w/ Tucked Cards: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 1 bird)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Loggerhead Shrike (from tray, for Behaviorist) and Parrot Crossbill (from tray, for Behaviorist), Nectar from Anna's Hummingbird's power, Nectar from Common Nightingale's power
1. Rat from Sacred Kingfisher's power (before turn)
2. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Black-Bellied Whistling Duck for 4th egg)
1. Fish from Sacred Kingfisher's power
3. Play Bird - Parrot Crossbill in Woodlands (used 2 Fish for 3rd Wheat, for Behaviorist and Wheat)
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Loggerhead Shrike), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power
5. Play Bird - Loggerhead Shrike in Wetlands (for Behaviorist and potential cached rats)
6. Play Bird - Griffon Vulture in Grasslands (for round end power)

Round End: Played Montagu's Harrier in Grasslands (on top of White-Crowned Sparrow) using Moltoni's Warbler's power, Cached 2 Berries on Eurasian Magpie, 3 Rats cached on Griffon Vulture

Round End Goal - Beak Pointing Left: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 4 birds)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Eurasian Green Woodpecker (from deck) and Bell's Vireo (from tray, for another bonus card and egg from Splendid Fairywren's game end power), Nectar from Anna's Hummingbird's power, Nectar from Common Nightingale's power
1. Rat from Sacred Kingfisher's power
2. Wheat from other player's Eastern Whipbird
2. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs
3. Play Bird - Bell's Vireo in Woodlands (Forest Data Analyst - Consecutive birds in Woodlands with ascending or descending wingspans, other option was Citizen Scientist - Birds with Tucked Cards)
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs
5. Gain Food - 3 Worms and Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Eurasian Green Woodpecker for 4th food, for Trumpeter Swan), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power
1. Fish from other player's Osprey

Round End: Played Trumpeter Swan using Moltoni's Warbler's power, Cached 3 Berries on Eurasian Magpie, 3 Rats cached on Griffon Vulture

Round End Goal - Eggs in Builder Nest: 3 points (3rd w/ 4 eggs)

Game End: 5 eggs from Splendid Fairywren's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 5)

Grasslands - 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 4)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 5)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 95

• Bird Points - 43
• Bonus Cards - 12
• End of Round Goals - 8
• Eggs - 8
• Food on Cards - 13
• Tucked Cards - 2
• Nectar - 8