Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 15, 2024

My Score - 123 (Won)

• Bird Points - 59
• Bonus Cards - 15
• End of Round Goals - 15
• Eggs - 18
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 12
• Nectar - 6

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Franklin's Gull - for birds while laying eggs and star nest for Red-Backed Fairywren's power
• Red-Backed Fairywren - for Behaviorist
• Eastern Imperial Eagle - for Behaviorist
• Major Mitchell's Cockatoo - for more food

Food

• Nectar - to draw 2nd bird on first turn
• Fish - for Franklin's Gull

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

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Black Vulture and Bonelli's Eagle (discarded Nectar for 2nd bird, both from tray for Behaviorist)
2. Play Bird - Black Vulture in Woodlands (for Behaviorist, potential between turns food, and to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food)
3. Gain Food - Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for Franklin's Gull)
4. Play Bird - Franklin's Gull in Grasslands (for Behvaiorist and birds while laying eggs)
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Discarded egg to draw Brown-Headed Cowbird (from tray, for Behaviorist and potential between turns eggs) and Turkey Vulture (from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power
1. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
6. Play Bird - Brown-Headed Cowbird in Grasslands (for Behaviorist and potential between turns eggs)
7. Gain Food - Wheat and Worm from bird feeder (for Major Mitchell's Cockatoo and Red-Backed Fairywren)
1. Berry from other player's Common Nightingale
8. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (Discarded Berry for 3rd egg), Discarded egg to draw Red-Winged Parrot and Belted Kingfisher (both from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
2. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

Round End: none

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

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Ruby-Crowned Kinglet and Welcome Swallow (both from tray for Behaviorist)
1. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
2. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
2. Play Bird - Welcome Swallow in Wetlands (not ideal use of him, but playing for Behaviorist and also this round end goal as well as more egg space for Brown-Headed Cowbird's power)
1. Wheat from Black Vulture's power
2. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
3. Berry from other player's Common Nightingale
3. Play Bird - Red-Winged Parrot in Wetlands (for Behaviorist and round end goal)
1. Fish from Black Vulture's power
2. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
3. Wheat from other player's Common Nightingale
4. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
5. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
4. Play Bird - Belted Kingfisher in Wetlands (for Behaviorist and potential Fish)
1. Fish from Belted Kingfisher's power
5. Draw Birds - Malleefowl and Clark's Grebe (both from tray for Behaviorist), Gave away Nectar to lay 2 eggs on Red-Winged Parrot's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
2. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
6. Play Bird - Clark's Grebe in Wetlands (for Behaviorist and round end goal)
1. Fish from Belted Kingfisher's power
7. Play Bird - Red-Crowned Kinglet and Malleefowl in Woodlands (for Behaviorist)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Wetlands 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 4 birds)

Round 3

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Fish for 3rd egg), Discarded egg to draw Killdeer and Prothonotary Warbler (both from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power
1. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
2. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
2. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Worm for 3rd egg), Discarded egg to draw Common Starling (from tray, for Behaviorist) and European Turtle Dove (from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power
1. Egg from other player's Pileated Woodpecker
3. Play Bird - Turkey Vulture in Woodlands (for Behaviorist and potential between turns food)
1. Fish from Belted Kingfisher's power
4. Play Bird - Prothonotary Warbler in Woodlands (for Behaviorist and round end goal)
1. Wheat from Black Vulture's power
2. Wheat from Turkey Vulture's power
5. Play Bird - Eastern Imperial Eagle in Grasslands (for Behaviorist, used Killdeer, European Turtle Dove, and Major Mitchell's Cockatoo for food cost)
1. Nectar from other player's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
2. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
3. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded 2 Nectar for 3rd and 4th eggs), Discarded egg to draw Willet and Australian Ibis (both from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds Worth more than 4 points: 3 points (2nd w/ 4 birds)

Round 4

1. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Fish and Willet for 3rd and 4th eggs), Discarded egg to draw American Bittern and Wood Strok (both from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power
1. Nectar from other player's Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
2. Fish from Black Vulture's power
3. Nectar from Turkey Vulture's power
2. Play Bird - Bonelli's Eagle in Grasslands (for Behaviorist, used Wood Stork, Australian Ibis, and American Bittern for food cost) 
3. Play Bird - Red-Backed Fairywren in Grasslands (for Behaviorist and game end power)
4. Play Bird - Common Starling in Wetlands (for Behaviorist and round end power)
1. Nectar from Black Vulture's power
2. Nectar from Turkey Vulture's power
3. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
4. Wheat from other palter's Common Nightingale
5. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
6. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Skipped Franklin's Gull's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
2. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

Round End: Discarded 3 Nectar, Fish and Worm to tuck 5 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 7 points (1st w/ 15 birds)

Game End: 5 eggs from Red-Backed Fairywren's power, 6 eggs from Malleefowl's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 2)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 6)

Wetlands - 1 points (tied for 2nd w/ 6)