Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 18, 2024

My Score - 114 (Lost)

• Bird Points - 62
• Bonus Cards - 16
• End of Round Goals - 11
• Eggs - 10
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 6
• Nectar - 9

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• California Quail - for eggs while gaining food
• Kelp Gull - for more birds
• Masked Lapwig - for more food and 2nd round end goal

Food

• Nectar, Worm, and Wheat - for California Quail

Bonus Card: Nest Box Builder - Birds with Hollow Nests

Round 1

1. Play Bird - California Quail in Woodlands (for eggs while gaining food)
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Masked Lapwig and Kelp Gull), Egg on California Quail
3. Play Bird - Masked Lapwig  in Grasslands (Gained Nectar, Berry, Worm, Rat, and Wheat) from bird feeder)
4. Play Bird - Kelp Gull in Wetlands (to get far enough in Wetlands for 2 birds and discard excess for for more birds)
5. Draw Birds - Brewer's Blackbird and Mourning Dove (both from deck), Discarded Berry, Worm, and Rat to draw Golden-Headed Cisticola, Burrowing Owl, and Eastern Whipbird (all from deck) using Kelp Gull's power
6. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Golden-Headed Cisticola and Burrowing Owl), Egg on California Quail
7. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Burrowing Owl), Egg on California Quail
8. Play Bird - Golden-Headed Cisticola and Burrowing Owl in Grasslands (for Nest Box Builder)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - No Goal

Round 2

1. Play Bird - Eastern Whipbird in Woodlands (for more food)
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Kelp Gull's power), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power Egg on California Quail
3. Draw Birds - Peaceful Dove and Magpie-Lark (both from deck), Discarded 2 Nectar to draw Common Grackle and Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (both from deck) using Kelp Gull's power
4. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Yellow-Billed Cuckoo), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power Egg on California Quail
5. Play Bird - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Woodlands (for potential between turns eggs)
1. Egg from other player's Pileated Woodpecker
6. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Common Grackle), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power Egg on California Quail
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
7. Play Bird - Common Grackle in Wetlands (for eggs while drawing birds)
8. Draw Birds - Purple Martin (from tray for Nest Box Builder) and Northern Shoveler (from deck), Tucked Mourning Dove to lay egg on Common Grackle, Skipped Kelp Gull's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - White and No Powers: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - Worm, Rat, and Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Brewer's Blackbird for 3rd food, for Purple Martin and Northern Shoveler), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power Egg on California Quail
1. Egg from other player's Pileated Woodpecker (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Purple Martin in Wetlands (for Nest Box Builder)
3. Play Bird - Northern Shoveler in Wetlands (high points, for more birds)
1. Egg from other player's Pileated Woodpecker
4. Draw Birds - White-Backed Woodpecker, Roseate Spoonbill, and Gray Catbird (all from deck), Abbott's Booby from Northern Shoveler's power, Tucked Roseate Spoonbill and drew Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (from tray, high points) using Purple Martin's power, Tucked Peaceful Dove to lay egg on Common Grackle, Discarded Rat to draw Bullfinch (form deck) using Kelp Gull's power
5. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Abbott's Booby), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power, Egg on California Quail
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
6. Play Bird - Abbott's Booby in Wetlands (Kept Bird Feeder and Bird Bander, Discarded Fishery Manager and Nest Box Builder)
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
2. Egg from other player's Brolga
7. Draw Birds - Plains Wanderer, Australian Shoveler, Western Tanager, and  (all from deck),  Mistletoebird from Northern Shoveler's power, Tucked White-Backed Woodpecker and drew Brown Falcon (from tray, for Bird Bander) using Purple Martin's power, Tucked Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher to lay egg on Common Grackle, Skipped Kelp Gull's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nest: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 9 eggs)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Rat and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Mistletoebird for 3rd food, for Brown Falcon), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power, Egg on California Quail
1. Egg from other player's Brolga
2. Play Bird - Brown Falcon in Woodlands (for Bird Bander)
3. Gain Food - Worm, Fish, and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Australian Shoveler for 4th food, for Gray Catbird and Plains-Wanderer), Brown Falcon's power successful (Red-Cockaded Woodpecker tucked), Wheat from Eastern Whipbird's power, Egg on California Quail
1. Egg from other player's Brolga
4. Play Bird - Gray Catbird in Woodlands (for Bird Bander)
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
5. Play Bird - Magpie-Lark in Grasslands (for game end power)
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (dsicarded Western Tanager for 4th egg), Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice

Round End: none

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

Game End: Played Plains-Wanderer in Grasslands using Magpie-Lark's power (Kept Diet Specialist)

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 5)

Grasslands - 2 points (2nd w/ 3)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 8)