Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 7, 2024

My Score - 108 (Won)

• Bird Points - 62
• Bonus Cards - 11
• End of Round Goals - 16
• Eggs - 6
• Food on Cards - 8
• Tucked Cards - 2
• Nectar - 3

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Burrowing Owl - for Falconer
• Red-Backed Fairywren - for game end power
• Austrlian Owlet-Nightjar - for potential between turns Worms

Food

• Nectar and Rat - for Burrowing Owl
• Worm - for Australian Owlet-Nighjar

Bonus Card: Falconer - Birds with a Predator power

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Australian Owlet-Nightjar in Woodlands (for potential between turns Worms)
1. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
2. Play Bird - Burrowing Owl in Grasslands (for Falconer)
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice
4. Draw Birds - Black-Headed Gull (from tray, Wetlands bird and for food while drawing birds)
1. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
5. Play Bird - Black-Headed Gull in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds and to get far enough in Wetlands to draw 2)
6. Draw Birds - Superb Lyrebird (from tray, Star nest for Red-Backed Fairywren's game end power) and Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (from tray, high points), Stole Rat from other player using Black-Headed Gull's power
7. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar (for Superb Lyrebird)
8. Play Bird - Superb Lyrebird in Woodlands (star nest for 2nd round end goal and Red-Backed Fairywren's game end power)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds with Tucked Cards: 0 points (0 Birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Black-Billed Magpie (from tray, Star Nest and potential between turns food) and Australian Raven (from tray, high points and game end power), Stole Rat from other player using Black-Headed Gull's power
1. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power (before turn)
2. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
2. Draw Birds - Red-Tailed Hawk (from tray, for Falconer) and Eurasian Sparrowhawk (from deck), Stole Nectar from other player using Black-Headed Gull's power
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
2. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
3. Play Bird - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher in Grasslands (for Worms while laying eggs)
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Berry for 3rd egg), Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power, Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
2. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
5. Play Bird - Black-Billed Magpie in Grasslands (star nest for Red-Backed Fairywren's game end power and potential between turns food)
6. Play Bird - Red-Backed Fairywren in Grasslands (to get far enough in Grasslands for 3 eggs or 4 with only discarding 1 food)
1. Nectar from Black-Billed Magpie's power
2. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
7. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Nectar for 4th egg, on cluster/star nests for round end goal), Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power, Burrowing Owl's power successful w/ 3 dice (Rat cached)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cluster Nest Bird w/ Egg: 5 point (1st w/ 4 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - White Wagtail (from tray, for Eurasian Sparrowhawk) and Whooping Crane (from tray, for another bonus card), Stole Rat from other player using Black-Headed Gull's power
2. Play Bird - Eurasian Sparrowhawk in Woodlands (used White Wagtail for food cost, for round end goal and Falconer)
3. Play Bird - Red-Tailed Hawk in Woodlands (for Falconer and round end goal)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
2. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
4. Draw Birds - Snowy Egret (from tray, for Falconer) and Wood Stork (from deck), Stole Nectar from other player using Black-Headed Gull's power
1. Worm from other palyer's Regent Bowerbird
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Berry for 4th egg), Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power, Burrowing Owl's power successful w/ 4 dice (Rat cached)
6. Play Bird - Australian Raven in Woodlands (for round end goal and game end power)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Woodlands: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 5 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Snowy Egret in Wetlands (for Falconer)
1. Nectar from Black-Billed Magpie's power
2. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
2. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power, Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird's power
2. Worm from Australian Owlet-Nightjar's power
3. Gain Food - Fish and 3 Nectar from bird feeder (for Wood Stork and Whooping Crane), Red-Tailed Hawk's power successful (House Wren tucked), Copied Red-Breasted Nuthatch's power and Cached Wheat using Superb Lyrebird's power
4. Play Bird - Wood Stork in Wetlands (Behaviorist - For each column that contains birds with 3 different power colors, other option was Citizen Scientist - Birds with tucked cards)
5. Play Bird - Whooping Crane in Wetlands (Bird Feeder - Birds that eat Wheat, other option was Viticulturalist - Birds that eat Berries)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds with No Egg: 7 points (1st w/ 12 birds)

Game End: 4 eggs from Red-Backed Fairywren's power, Cached 5 Worms on Australian Raven

Nectar

Woodlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)

Grasslands - 2 points (2nd w/ 2)

Wetlands - 1 points (tied for 2nd w/ 5)