Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 14, 2024

My Score - 121 (Won)

• Bird Points - 50
• Bonus Cards - 20
• End of Round Goals - 5
• Eggs - 15
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 18
• Nectar - 12

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Wrybill - for another bonus card
• Black-Shouldered Kite - for Prairie Manager
• Common Starling - to discard and tuck with excess food
• Pesquet's Parrot - Woodlands bird for more food and potential Nectar

Food

• Nectar and Berry - for Pesquet's Parrot

Bonus Card: Prairie Manager - Birds that can only live in Grasslands

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Pesquet's Parrot in Woodlands (for more food)
1. Red Crossbill from other player's American Oystercatcher
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Wrybill), No Nectar for Pesquet's Parrot's power
3. Gain Food - Nectar and Rat from bird feeder (for Common Starling and Black-Shouldered Kite), Nectar from Pesquet's Parrot's power
4. Play Bird - Common Starling in Wetlands (to get far enough in Wetlands for 2 birds and for round end power)
5. Draw Birds - Ferruginous Hawk (from tray, for Prairie Manager) and European Honey Buzzard (from deck)
1. Nectar from bird feeder from other player's Hermit Thrush's power
6. Play Bird - Black-Shouldered Kite in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager and potential for Rats or more eggs)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Black-Shouldered Kite's power successful (gave away Rat to lay 3 eggs)
8. Play Bird - European Honey Buzzard in Woodlands (for round end power)

Round End: Discarded 3 Worms and Rat to tuck 4 under Common Starling, 3 Worms from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Cluster Nest Bird w/ Egg: 0 points (0 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Eastern Phoebe (from tray, for Worms) and Black-Necked Stilt (from deck)
2. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Eastern Phoebe and Red Crossbill), No Nectar for Pesquet's Parrot's power
1. Nectar from bird feeder from other player's Hermit Thrush's power
3. Play Bird - Red Crossbill in Woodlands (for more food and round end goal)
4. Play Bird - Eastern Phoebe in Woodlands (for more food and round end goal)
5. Gain Food - 3 Nectar from bird feeder (for Ferruginous Hawk and extra egg), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, Wheat from Red Crossbill's power, No Nectar for Pesquet's Parrot's power
6. Play Bird -Black-Necked Stilt in Wetlands (Blyth's Hornbill from tray and Little Penguin from deck)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Black-Shouldered Kite's power successful (gave away Rat to lay 3 eggs)
1. Fish from bird feeder from other player's Hermit Thrush's power

Round End: Discarded Nectar, Fish, 2 Worms, and Wheat to tuck ? under Common Starling, Worm from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Birds in One Row: 2 point (tied for 1st w/ 4 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar and Rat from bird feeder (for Ferruginous Hawk and Wrybill), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, Wheat from Red Crossbill's power, No Nectar for Pesquet's Parrot's power
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
2. Play Bird - Ferruginous Hawk in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager)
3. Play Bird - Wrybill in Wetlands (Kept Forester - Birds that can only live in Woodlands)
4. Draw Birds - Plains-Wanderer (from tray, for Prairie Manager) and Anna's Hummingbird (from deck)
1. Fish from bird feeder from other player's Hermit Thrush's power
5. Gain Food - 2 Nectar and Fish from bird feeder (for Little Penguin), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, Wheat from Red Crossbill's power, Nectar from Pesquet's Parrot's power
6. Play Bird - Little Penguin in Wetlands

Round End: Discarded 2 Fish, Worm, and 2 Wheat to tuck 5 under Common Starling, No Worms from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - No Goal

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Ash-Throated Flycatcher (from tray, for round end goal and Prairie Manager), Rufous Night-Heron (from deck), and Red-Backed Fairywren (from deck), Little Penguin's power unsuccessful
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar, Worm, and Rat from bird feeder (discarded Rufous-Night Heron for 4th food, for Ash-Throated Flycatcher), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, Wheat from Red Crossbill's power, No Nectar for Pesquet's Parrot's power
3. Play Bird - Ash-Throated Flycatcher in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager and round end goal, 5 eggs)
4. Play Bird - Plains-Wanderer in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager, Kept Mechanical Engineer)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Anna's Hummingbird for 4th egg), Ferruginous Hawk's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die, Black-Shouldered Kite's power successful (gave away Rat to lay 3 eggs)
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Red-Backed Fairywren for 4th egg), Ferruginous Hawk's power successful w/ 1 die (Rat cached, Black-Shouldered Kite's power successful (Kept Rat)
1. Other player took too long and finished game against AI

Round End: Discarded 2 Rats and 2 Worms to tuck 4 under Common Starling, 2 Worms from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Hollow Nest Bird w/ Egg: 3 points (tied for 2nd w/ 5 birds)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 4)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 5)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 8)