Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 25, 2024

My Score - 100 (Won)

• Bird Points - 58
• Bonus Cards - 11
• End of Round Goals - 10
• Eggs - 2
• Food on Cards - 5
• Tucked Cards - 7
• Nectar - 7

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Wood Stork - for another bonus card
• Red-Eyed Vireo - for Viticulturalist
• Vaux's Swift - Woodlands bird
• Eastern Bluebird - for Viticulturalist

Food

• Nectar and Berry - hoping to get Mistletoebird first turn

Bonus Card: Viticulturalist - Birds that eat Berries

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Mistletoebird (from tray, for Viticulturalist)
2. Draw Birds - Red-Winged Parrot (from tray, for Viticulturalist)
3. Gain Food - Worm and Fish from bird feeder (discarded Vaux's Swift for 2nd food, for Red-Winged Parrot)
4. Play Bird - Red-Winged Parrot in Woodlands (for Viticulturalist and potential eggs or more food)
5. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Red-Eyed Vireo and Mistletoebird), Gave away Nectar for 2 Nectar from bird feeder using Red-Winged Parrot's power
6. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Wood Stork and Mistletoebird), Gave away Nectar for 2 Nectar from bird feeder using Red-Winged Parrot's power
7. Gain Food - Nectar and Berry from bird feeder (for Mistletoebird and Eastern Bluebird), Gave away Nectar to lay 2 eggs on Red-Winged Parrot
8. Play Bird - Red-Eyed Vireo and Mistletoebird in Woodlands (for Viticulturalist and more food)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Brown Powers: 0 points (2nd w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Australian Raven (for Grasslands and game end power)
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Wood Stork), Berry from Mistletoebird, Gave away Nectar for Nectar and Rat from bird feeder using Red-Winged Parrot's power
3. Play Bird - Wood Stork in Wetlands (Kept Falconer, Discarded Wetland Data Analyst)
4. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Australian Raven), Berry from Mistletoebird, Gave away Nectar to lay 2 eggs on Red-Winged Parrot
5. Play Bird - Eastern Bluebird and Australian Raven in Grasslands (for Viticulturalist and game end power)
6. Draw Birds - Gallah and Bonelli's Eagle (both from deck)
7. Draw Birds - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo and Red-Breasted Nuthatch (both from deck)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cards in Hand: 1 point (3rd w/ 4 cards)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Black-Tailed Godwit (from tray, for another bonus card) and Yellow-Breasted Chat (from deck)
1. Egg from other player's Princess Stephanie's Astrapia
2. Gain Food - Wheat and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Red-Breasted Nuthatch for 3rd food, for Yellow-Breasted Chat), Berry from Mistletoebird, Gave away Nectar for 2 Nectar from bird feeder using Red-Winged Parrot's power
3. Play Bird - Yellow-Breasted Chat in Woodlands (for round end goal and more food...I also thought I was playing a copy bird and not a migratory bird)
4. Gain Food - Worm, Wheat, and Nectar from bird feeder (for Gallah), Moved Yellow Breasted Chat to Grasslands, Berry from Mistletoebird, Gave away Nectar  to lay 2 eggs on Red-Winged Parrot
1. Egg from other player's Princess Stephanie's Astrapia
5. Play Bird - Galah in Woodlands (for round end goal and tucks while gaining food)
6. Gain Food - Rat, Worm, and Wheat from bird feeder (for Black-Tailed Godwit), Tucked 2 under Galah, Traded Berry for Nectar using Mistletoebird's power, Gave away Nectar to lay 2 eggs on Red-Winged Parrot

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Berry and Wheat in Food Cost of Your Birds: 6 points (1st w/ 11 food cost)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (Behaviorist, Peregrine Falcon)
1. Egg from other player's Princess Stephanie's Astrapia
2. Gain Food - 3 Nectar from bird feeder (for Bonelli's Eagle and Peregrine's Falcon), Tucked 2 under Galah, Berry from Mistletoebird, Gave away Nectar for Worm and Nectar from bird feeder using Red-Winged Parrot's power
1. Rat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
3. Play Bird - Peregrine's Falcon in Grasslands (for Falconer)
4. Play Bird - Bonelli's Eagle in Wetlands (used Yellow-Billed Cuckoo for one of the Rats, for Falconer)
5. Gain Food - Nectar, Rat, and Worm from bird feeder (for Red-Winged Parrot's power and Australian Raven's game end power), Tucked 2 under Galah, Berry from Mistletoebird, Gave away Nectar  to lay 2 eggs on Red-Winged Parrot

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds with no Eggs: 3 points (3rd w/ 9 birds)

Game End: Cached 3 Berries and 2 Worms on Australian Raven

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 8)

Grasslands - 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 3)