Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - April 22, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Grey Shrikethrush - Woodlands bird for more food
• Common Starling - to tuck with excess food
• Silvereye - for Nectar
• Greater Prairie-Chicken - for Prairie Manager and another bonus card

Food

• Nectar and Worm - for Silvereye

Bonus Card: Prairie Manager

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Silvereye in Wetlands (for Nectar while drawing birds)
1. Nectar from other player's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
2. Draw Birds -  Wrybill (from tray, for another bonus card) and Black Redstart (from tray for Prairie Manager), Nectar from Silvereye's power
3. Draw Birds -  Montagu's Harrier (from tray, for Prairie Manager and Red-Breasted Merganser(from deck), Nectar from Silvereye's power
4. Play Bird - Grey Shrikethrush in Woodlands (for more food)
5. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Black Redstart), Grey Shrikethrush's power unsuccessful
6. Play Bird - Black Redstart in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager and round end power)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
8. Play Bird - Common Starling in Grasslands (for round end power)

Round End: 2 eggs in Grasslands using Black Redstart's power, No food for Common Starling's power

Round End Goal - Beak Pointing Right: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Nectar and Fish from bird feeder (for Greater Prairie Chicken and Wrybill), Grey Shrikethrush's power successful (Cached 3 rats)
1. Nectar from other player's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Greater Prairie Chicken and Wrybill), Grey Shrikethrush's power unsuccessful
3. Draw Birds -  Carolina Chickadee (from tray, for 2nd and 3rd round end goals) and Pheasant Coucal (from tray for Prairie Manager and round end goal), Nectar from Silvereye's power
4. Play Bird - Pheasant Coucal in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager and potential between turns eggs)
1. Egg on Pheasant Coucal
5. Draw Birds -  Abbott's Booby (from tray, for another bonus card) and Northern Shoveler (from tray, for 4th round end goal), Nectar from Silvereye's power
6. Draw Birds -  Regent Bowerbird (from tray, for 2nd and 3rd round end goals and more food) and Hooded Merganser (from tray, for Fishery Manger bonus that I can get when playing Wrybill), Nectar from Silvereye's power
1. Nectar from other player's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
7. Play Bird - Regent Bowerbird in Woodlands (for 2nd and 3rd round end goals and more food)

Round End: 2 eggs in Woodlands using Black Redstart's power, Discarded 5 Nectar to tuck 5 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Birds Worth less than or equal to 3 points: 1 point (2nd w/ 5 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds -  Masked Lapwing (from tray, for more food and to play Montague's Harrier on top of) and Eastern Whipbird (from deck), Nectar from Silvereye's power
2. Play Bird - Masked Lapwing in Grasslands (Gained Nectar, Berry, Worm, Rat, and Wheat)
3. Gain Food - 3 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Northern Shoveler for 3rd food, for Greater Prairie Chicken and Abbott's Booby), Worm from Regent Bowerbird's power, Grey Shrikethrush's power unsuccessful
1. Nectar from other player's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
4. Play Bird - Greater Prairie Chicken in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager, Grasslands Data Analyst - Consecutive birds in Grasslands with ascending or descending wingspans, other option was Diet Specialist - Birds with 3 food cost)
1. Egg on Pheasant Coucal
5. Play Bird - Abbott's Booby in Wetlands (drew Wildlife Gardener - Birds with Cup nests, Site Selection Expert - Columns with a matching pair or trio of nests, and Ecologist - Birds in your habitat with the fewest birds, discarded Wildlife Gardener and Site Selction Expert)
6. Play Bird - Montagu's Harrier (played on top of Masked Lapwing, for Prairie Manager)
1. Nectar from other player's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo

Round End: 5 eggs in Grasslands using Black Redstart's power, Discarded 3 Nectar, Berry, and Rat to tuck 5 under Common Starling

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

Round 4

1. Gain Food - 2 Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Carolina Chickadee for 3rd food, for Hooded Merganser and Wrybill), Worm from Regent Bowerbird's power, Grey Shrikethrush's power successful (2 Rats cached)
1. Egg on Pheasant Coucal (before turn)
2. Nectar from other player's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
2. Play Bird - Wrybill in Wetlands (Fishery Manager - Birds that eat Fish)
3. Play Bird - Hooded Merganser in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager and round end goal)
4. Play Bird - Red-Breasted Merganser in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager)
5. Gain Food - Worm, Fish, and Rat from bird feeder (discarded Eastern Whipbird for 3rd food, for Common Starling's round end power), Worm from Regent Bowerbird's power, Grey Shrikethrush's power successful (Rat cached)

Round End: 5 eggs in Wetlands using Black Redstart's power, Discarded 2 Fish, 2 Worms, and Rat to tuck 5 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Birds worth more than 4 points: 3 points (3rd w/ 3 birds)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 0 points (1st w/ 2)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 25)

Wetlands - 2 points (tied for 2nd w/ 5)

My Score - 107 (Lost)

• Bird Points - 39
• Bonus Cards - 25
• End of Round Goals - 9
• Eggs - 6
• Food on Cards - 6
• Tucked Cards - 16
• Nectar - 6