Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - April 29, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Grey Butcherbird - Wetlands bird
• Ferruginous Hawk - Grasslands Bird
• Carolina Wren - Woodlands bird and more cards

Food

• Nectar - for Carolina Wren
• Worm and Rat - for Grey Butcherbird

Bonus Card: Ecologist - Birds in your habitat with the fewest birds

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Carolina Wren in Woodlands (for birds and far enough in Woodlands for 2 food, drew Wilson's Snipe and Eastern Bluebird from tray)
2. Play Bird - Wilson's Snipe in Wetlands (for more birds)
3. Draw Birds - Eastern Whipbird and European Bee-Eater (both from tray for more food), Parrot Crossbill from Wilson's Snipe's power
4. Gain Food - Rat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Ferruginous Hawk and Eastern Whipbird)
5. Gain Food - Rat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Grey Butcherbird and Eastern Whipbird)
6. Play Bird - Ferruginous Hawk in Grasslands (to get far enough in Grasslands for 2 eggs)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Ferruginous Hawk's power successful w/ 2 dice (Rat cached)
8. Play Bird - Eastern Whipbird in Woodlands

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cubes on Play a Bird: 1 points (tied for 1st w/ 4 cubes) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Eastern Imperial Eagle (from tray, high points) and Black-Headed Gull (from deck), White-Breasted Nuthatch from Wilson's Snipe's power
2. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Eastern Bluebird and Black-Headed Gull), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power
3. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Eastern Bluebird and European Bee-Eater), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power
4. Gain Food - Rat and Worm from bird feeder (for Gray Butcherbird and European Bee-Eater), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Ferruginous Hawk's power successful w/ 3 dice (Rat cached)
6. Play Bird - Eastern Bluebird and European Bee-Eater in Grasslands
1. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Nectar for 3rd egg, 2 in Builder nest for round end goal), No Worm from European Bee-Eater's power, No die for Ferruginous Hawk's power (not a good combination of Brown Powers here)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Builder Nest: 2 point (tied for 2nd w/ 2 eggs)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Whooping Crane (from tray, for another bonus card) and Masked Lapwig (for round end goal and food), Black Woodpecker from Wilson's Snipe's power
2. Play Bird - Masked Lapwig in Grasslands (Gained Nectar, Fish, Worm, Rat, and Wheat)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
3. Play Bird - Whooping Crane in Wetlands (for round end goal, Viticulturalist - Birds that eat Berries, other option was Wetland Scientist - Birds that only live in Wetlands)
4. Play Bird - Black-Headed Gull in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
2. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
3. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
5. Draw Birds - Northern Cardinal (from tray, for Viticulturalist) and Common Goldeneye (from deck), Nectar using Black-Headed Gull's power, Little Bustard from Wilson's Snipe's power
6. Play Bird - Common Goldeneye in Woodlands (for round end power)

Round End: 3 eggs on Common Goldeneye

Round End Goal - Beaks Pointing Right: 2 points (tied for 2nd w/ 6 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Northern Cardinal in Woodlands (used Worm and Wheat for Berry, for Viticulturalist)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
2. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded White-Breasted Nuthatch for 4th egg, Woodlands for round end goal), Worm from European Bee-Eater's power, Ferruginous Hawk's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
2. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
3. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
3. Play Bird - Black Woodpecker in Woodlands (for Viticulturalist and another egg on Common Goldeneye at round end)
4. Play Bird - Grey Butcherbird in Wetlands (for Ecologist)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
2. Worm from other player's Common Nightingale
3. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Little Bustard for 4th egg, Woodlands for round end goal), Worm from European Bee-Eater's power, Ferruginous Hawk's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die

Round End: 4 eggs on Common Goldeneye

Round End Goal - Eggs in Woodlands: 7 points (1st w/ 10 eggs)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 6)

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

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 1)

My Score - 98 (Lost)

• Bird Points - 48
• Bonus Cards - 15
• End of Round Goals - 12
• Eggs - 11
• Food on Cards - 2
• Tucked Cards - 0
• Nectar - 10