Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 24, 2024

My Score - 131 (Won)

• Bird Points - 58
• Bonus Cards - 21
• End of Round Goals - 13
• Eggs - 11
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 18
• Nectar - 9

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Hawfinch - for more food
• Cedar Waxwing - for Berries tucking excess cards with Franklin's Gull in Grasslands
• Common Grackle - for eggs while drawing birds
• Franklin's Gull - for more birds

Food

• Nectar and Wheat - for Hawfinch

Bonus Card: Site Selection Expert - Columns with a matching pair or trio of nests

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Grey Warbler (from tray, Star nest to help with Site Selection Expert)
1. Nectar from other player's Bluethroat
2. Play Bird - Grey Warbler and Hawfinch in Woodlands (for more food)
3. Gain Food - Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for Cedar Waxwing and Common Grackle), Wheat from Hawfinch's power
1. Nectar from other player's Bluethroat
4. Play Bird - Cedar Waxwing in Grasslands (to tuck unwanted birds for Berries while laying eggs)
5. Play Bird - Common Grackle in Wetlands (for Site election Expert and eggs while drawing birds)
6. Draw Birds - Stubble Quail (from tray, for eggs) and Chimney Swift (from tray, for Site Selection Expert), Skipped Common Grackle's power
1. Rat from other player's Bluethroat
7. Draw Birds - Yellowhammer (from tray, for Site Selection Expert) and Cassin's Sparrow (from tray to tuck), Tucked Cassin's Sparrow to lay egg on Common Grackle
1. Worm from other player's Bluethroat
8. Draw Birds - Great Crested Grebe (from tray, for Site Selection Expert) and Kereru (from tray to tuck), Tucked Kereru to lay egg on Common Grackle

Round End: none

Round End Goal - No Goal

Round 2

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Franklin's Gull and Yellowhammer), Wheat from Hawfinch's power
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
2. Play Bird - Franklin's Gull in Grasslands (for Site Selection Expert and birds while laying eggs)
3. Play Bird - Great Crested Grebe in Wetlands (for Site Selection Expert)
4. Draw Birds - Inca Dove Owl (from tray, for Site Selection Expert) and Short-Toed Treecreeper (from tray to tuck), Eurasian Collared-Dove (from deck) from Great Crested Grebe's power, Tucked Short-Toed Treecreeper to lay egg on Common Grackle
1. Broad-Winged Hawk from other player's American Oystercatcher
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Worm for 3rd egg), Discarded egg to draw Brant and Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (both from tray) using Franklin's Gull's power, Tucked Hosfield's Bronze-Cuckoo to gain Berry using Cedar Waxwing's power
6. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Yellowhammer and Stubble Quail), Wheat from Hawfinch's power
7. Play Bird - Yellowhammer in Woodlands (for round end goal and power)
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
8. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Berry for 3rd egg), Discarded egg to draw Red-Winged Parrot (from deck) and Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (from tray for Site Selection Expert) using Franklin's Gull's power, Tucked Inca Dove to gain Berry using Cedar Waxwing's power

Round End: Played Brant in Wetlands using Yellowhammer's power (Barn Owl, Northern Flicker, and Barrow's Goldeneye from tray)

Round End Goal - Cluster Nest Bird w/ Egg: 2 points (2nd w/ 3 bird)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Greater Prairie-Chicken (from tray, for Site Selection Expert and another bonus card) and Australian Ibis (from tray, for Site Selection Expert), Eurasian Nutcracker (from deck) from Great Crested Grebe's power, Tucked Northern Flicker to lay egg on Common Grackle
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
2. Play Bird - Red-Winged Parrot in Woodlands (for Site Selection Expert and for more food or eggs)
3. Gain Food - 4 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Eurasian Nutcracker for 4th food, for Greater Prairie Chicken and Barrow's Goldeneye), Gave away Nectar for Fish and Nectar from bird feeder using Red-Winged Parrot's power, Wheat from Hawfinch's power
1. Pygmy Nuthatch from other players's 
4. Play Bird - Barrow's Goldeneye in Wetlands (for Site Selection Expert and potential between turns eggs)
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Pygmy Nuthatch for 3rd egg), Skipped Franklin's Gull's power, Tucked Stubble Quail to gain Berry using Cedar Waxwing's power
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
2. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
6. Play Bird - Greater Prairie Chicken in Grasslands (for Site Selection Expert, Kept Large Bird Specialist, Discarded Behaviorist)
7. Gain Food - Fish, Rat, and Wheat from bird feeder (for Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Australian Ibis, and Broad-Winged Hawk), No Nectar for Red-Winged Parrot's power, Wheat from Hawfinch's power
1. Berry from other player's Bluethroat
2. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power

Round End: Played Major Mitchell's Cockatoo in Grasslands using Yellowhammer's power

Round End Goal - Birds with No Egg: 6 points (1st w/ 11 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Broad-Winged Hawk in Woodlands (for Site Selection Expert)
2. Gain Food -Worm, Nectar, Fish, and Rat from bird feeder (Eurasian Collared-Dove and Australian Ibis), Broad-Winged Hawk's power successful (Rat cached) Gave away Nectar to lay 2 eggs on Red-Winged Parrot, Wheat from Hawfinch's power
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
2. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
3. Play Bird - Australian Ibis in Wetlands (for Site Selection Expert)
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
4. Draw Birds - Gray Catbird, Mute Swan, Count Raggi's Bird of Paradise, and Brown-Headed Cowbird (all from deck), Tucked Wood Stork from Australian Ibis' power, No slots to draw from Great Crested Grebe's power, Tucked Barn Owl to lay egg on Common Grackle
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
2. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Brown-Headed Cowbird for 4th egg), Tucked Count Raggi's Bird of Paradise for Wheat from Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Skipped Franklin's Gull's power, Tucked Mute Swan to gain Berry using Cedar Waxwing's power
1. Egg from Barrow's Goldeneye's power
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Nectar for 4th egg), Tucked Gray Catbird for Wheat from Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Skipped Franklin's Gull's power, Tucked Chimney Swift to gain Berry using Cedar Waxwing's power

Round End: Played Eurasian Collared-Dove in Grasslands using Yellowhammer's power, Discarded 2 Berries, Fish, Worm, and Rat to tuck 5 under Eurasian Collared-Dove

Round End Goal - Builder Nest Bird w/ Egg: 5 points (tied for 1st w/ 5 birds)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 5)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 7)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 6)