Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 17, 2024

My Score - 117 (Won)

• Bird Points - 55
• Bonus Cards - 18
• End of Round Goals - 18
• Eggs - 14
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 8
• Nectar - 3

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Turkey Vulture - for potential between turns food and first round end goal
• House Sparrow - for 3 of the round end goals and tuck with excess Wheat
• Australian Owlet-Nightjar - for potential between turns Worms and 1st round end goal
• Ringed-Billed Gull - for Omnivore Expert

Food

• Nectar - for House Sparrow
• Worm - for Australian Owlet-Nightjar

Bonus Card: Omnivore Expert - Birds that eat 🏳️‍🌈

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Australian Owlet-Nightjar in Woodlands (for round end goal and potential between turns worms)
2. Play Bird - Turkey Vulture in Grasslands (for round end goal and potential between turns food)
1. Rat from bird feeder from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
3. Play Bird - Ring-Billed Gull in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert and tuck while drawing birds)
4. Draw Birds - Pygmy Nuthatch (from tray to tuck) and Northern Shoveler (from tray, for more birds, high points), Tucked Pygmy Nuthatch and drew Green Heron (from deck) using Ring-Billed Gull's power
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (on Hollow nests for round end goal)
1. Worm from bird feeder from other player's Anna's Hummingbird's power
2. Nectar from bird feeder from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
6. Gain Food - Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for House Sparrow)
7. Play Bird - House Sparrow in Grasslands (for round end goal and power)
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (on Hollow nests for round end goal)

Round End: Skipped House Sparrow's power

Round End Goal - Hollow Nest Bird w/ Egg: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 3 birds) 

Round 2

1. Play Bird - Northern Shoveler in Wetlands (for round end goal and more brids)
1. Worm from bird feeder from other player's Anna's Hummingbird's power (before turn)
2. Nectar from bird feeder from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power (before turn)
3. Worm from Austrlaian Owlet-Nightjar's power
2. Draw Birds - Red-Breasted Merganser (from tray to tuck) and Common Merganser (from tray, for Omnivore Expert), Bewick's Wren from Northern Shoveler's power, Tucked Bewick's Wren and drew Black Crowned Night-Heron (from deck) using Ring-Billed Gull's power
1. Fish from bird feeder from other player's Anna's Hummingbird's power
2. Fish from bird feeder from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
3. Play Bird - Common Merganser in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert)
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Common Merganser for 3rd egg
1. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
5. Draw Birds - Grey Warbler and White-Breasted Nuthatch (both from deck), Common Merganser's power successful w/ 3 dice (Fish cached), Kereru from Northern Shoveler's power, Tucked Green Heron and drew Osprey (from tray) using Ring-Billed Gull's power
1. Worm from bird feeder from other player's Anna's Hummingbird's power
2. Nectar from bird feeder from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
6. Play Bird - Osprey in Wetlands (for Fish while drawing birds)
7. Play Bird - Grey Warbler and Kereru in Woodlands (used 2 Worms for Berry in food cost, for round end goal)

Round End: No Wheat for House Sparrow's power

Round End Goal - Berry and Wheat in Food Cost of Your Birds: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 6 food cost)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Crested Pigeon, Greater Roadrunner, and Malleefowl (all from deck), Fish from Osprey's power, Common Merganser's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, Orange-Footed Scrubfowl from Northern Shoveler's power, Tucked White-Breasted Nuthatch and drew Eastern Screech Owl (from deck) using Ring-Billed Gull's power
1. Wheat from bird feeder from other player's Anna's Hummingbird's power (before turn)
2. Rat from bird feeder from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power (before turn)
2. Gain Food - Wheat and Worm from bird feeder, Nectar from Kereru's power
3. Play Bird - Greater Roadrunner in Grasslands (for Omnivore Expert)
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Eastern Screech Owl and Crested Pigeon for 3rd and 4th eggs), Greater Roadrunner's power unsuccessful (Black Noddy)
1. Nectar from Turkey Vulture's power
2. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
5. Play Bird - Malleefowl in Grasslands (for round end goal, Omnivore Expert, and game end power)
1. Nectar from bird feeder from other player's Anna's Hummingbird's power
2. Worm from bird feeder from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
6. Play Bird - Orange-Footed Scrubfowl in Woodlands ((for round end goal and game end power)

Round End: Discarded 2 Wheat to tuck 1 under House Sparrow

Round End Goal - Birds Worth 3 or fewer points: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 6 birds)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Princess Stephanie's Astrapia, Australian Zebra Finch, and Emu (all from deck), Fish from Osprey's power, Common Merganser's power unsuccessful w/ 4 dice, Roseate Spoonbill from Northern Shoveler's power, Tucked Australian Zebra Finch and drew Clark's Nutcracker (from deck) using Ring-Billed Gull's power
1. Nectar from bird feeder from other player's Anna's Hummingbird's power
2. Wheat from bird feeder from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
2. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Princess Stephanie's Astrapia for 4th egg), Greater Roadrunner's power unsuccessful (Great Egret)
1. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
3. Play Bird - Clark's Nutcracker in Woodlands (for Omnivore Expert and round end goal)
1. Rat from bird feeder from other player's Anna's Hummingbird's power
2. Fish from bird feeder from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
4. Play Bird - Roseate Spoonbill in Wetlands (used 2 Rats for Wheat in food cost, for round end goal, Kept Ecologist - Birds in your habitat with the fewest birds, Discarded Wildlife Gardener - Birds with Cup Nests)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Emu for 4th egg), Greater Roadrunner's power successful (Common Grackle)

Round End: No Wheat for House Sparrow's power

Round End Goal - Birds Worth more than 4 points: 7 points (1st w/ 7 birds)

Game End: 5 eggs from Orange-Footed Scrubfowl's, 5 eggs from Malleefowl's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 3)

Grasslands - 1 points (tied for 2nd w/ 4)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)