Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - April 30, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Tawny Frogmouth - Grasslands or Wetlands bird
• Great Crested Flycatcher - for more food

Food

• Nectar
• Berry and Worm - for Great Crested Flycatcher
• Rat - for Tawny Frogmouth

Bonus Card: Bird Counter - Bird with a Tuck power

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Grey-Headed Mannikin (from tray, for game end power) and Black-Tailed Godwit (used Nectar to draw, from tray for another bonus card)
2. Play Bird - Great Crested Flycatcher in Woodlands (for more food)
3. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Black-Tailed Godwit), Worm from Great Crested Flycatcher's power
4. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (Passerine Specialist - Birds with wingspans 30cm or less, American Redstart)
5. Draw Birds - Tufted-Titmouse (from tray, for Passerine Specialist) and Brewick's Wren (from deck)
6. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Grey-Headed Mannikin and Tufted Titmouse), Worm from Great Crested Flycatcher's power
7. Draw Birds - White-Breasted Nuthatch (from tray, for Passerine Specialist) and Ring-Billed Gull (from tray, for Bird Counter)
8. Play Bird - Grey-Headed Mannikin in Grasslands

Round End: none

Round End Goal - No Goal

Round 2

1. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for American Redstart), Worm from Great Crested Flycatcher's power
3. Play Bird - Ring-Billed Gull in Wetlands (for Bird Counter)
4. Draw Birds - Great Tit (from tray, for Passerine Specialist) and Horsfield's Bushlark (from tray to tuck), Tucked Horsfield's Bushlark to draw Prothonotary Warbler (from deck) using Ring-Billed Gull's power
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
6. Play Bird - Tufted Titmouse and American Redstart in Woodlands (for more food and Passerine Specialist)
7. Gain Food - Berry and Rat from bird feeder (for Great Tit), Wheat from American Redstart's power, Worm from Great Crested Flycatcher's power
8. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Prothonotary Warbler), Worm from American Redstart's power, Worm from Great Crested Flycatcher's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Food in Personal Supply: 5 point (1st w/ 9 food)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - Tawny Frogmouth in Grasslands
2. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Rat for 3rd egg), Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached)
3. Play Bird - Great Tit in Woodlands (for Passerine Specialist)
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for Prothonotary Warbler), Nectar from Great Tit's power, Nectar from American Redstart's power, Worm from Great Crested Flycatcher's power
5. Play Bird - Bewick's Wren in Grasslands (for Passerine Specialist)
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded White-Breasted Nuthatch and Nectar for 3rd and 4th eggs), Moved Bewick's Wren to Woodlands, Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached)
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
7. Play Bird - Prothonotary Warbler in Wetlands (for Passerine Specialist)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 10 birds)

Game End - Other Player Took Too Long