Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 2, 2024

My Score - 92 (Lost)

• Bird Points - 51
• Bonus Cards - 11
• End of Round Goals - 7
• Eggs - 7
• Food on Cards - 2
• Tucked Cards - 7
• Nectar - 7

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Tui - for Forest Data Analyst
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk - for Forest Data Analyst

Food

• Nectar and Worm for Tui
• Fish
• Wheat

Bonus Card: Forest Data Analyst - Consecutive birds in Woodlands with ascending or descending winspans

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Green Heron (from tray, Wetlands bird and to convert food while drawing birds)
2. Play Bird - Green Heron in Wetlands (to convert food while drawing birds)
3. Draw Birds - Silvereye (from deck) and Common Swift (from tray, Grasslands bird), Converted Wheat to Nectar using Green Heron's power
4. Play Bird - Silvereye in Woodlands (for Forest Data Analyst)
5. Gain Food  - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Tui), Nectar from Silvereye's power
6. Play Bird - Common Swift in Grasslands (to get far enough for 2 eggs)
1. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
2. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
7. Play Bird - Tui in Woodlands (for Forest Data Analyst)
8. Draw Birds - Ruby-Throated Hummingbird and Common Swift (both from deck), No food for Green Heron's power

Round End: No Worm for Common Swift

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nest: 0 points (3rd w/ 1 egg) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (from tray, thought I could use for Forest Data Analyst, but later realized too small to play after Tui) and Willie Wagtail (from deck), No food for Green Heron's power
2. Gain Food  - Nectar and Rat from bird feeder (for Ruby-Throated Hummingbird and Willie-Wagtail), Wheat cached copying Eurasian Nuthatch's power using Tui's power, Nectar from Silvereye's power
3. Play Bird - Willie-Wagtail in Grasslands (for potential birds while laying eggs)
1. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
4. Play Bird - Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds)
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Lewin's Honeyeater for 3rd egg), Welcome Swallow from Willie-Wagtail's power
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
6. Draw Birds - Cockatiel and European Roller (both from deck), Worm from Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power, Skipped Green Heron's power
7. Draw Birds - Bluethroat (from tray, for 3rd round end goal and more food) and European Turtle Dove (both from deck), Rat from Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power, Converted Rat to Berry using Green Heron's power
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
2. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting

Round End: Skipped Common Swift's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Grasslands: 1 point (3rd w/ 5 eggs)

Round 3

1. Gain Food  - Wheat, Fish, and Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Cockatiel for 3rd food, for Bluethroat and European Turtle Dove), Wheat cached copying Eurasian Nuthatch's power using Tui's power, Nectar from Silvereye's power
1. Vaux's Swift from other player's Wilson's Snipe
2. Nectar from other player's Red-Winged Parrot
2. Play Bird - Bluethroat in Wetlands (for round end goal and food while drawing birds)
3. Draw Birds - Red-Shouldered Hawk (from deck), Crested Pigeon (from deck), and Northern Gannet (discarded egg to draw, from tray), Nectar from Bluethroat's power, Nectar from Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power, Converted Berry to Nectar using Green Heron's power
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
2. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
4. Play Bird - Northern Gannet in Wetlands (for round end goal)
5. Play Bird - Welcome Swallow in Wetlands (5 tucked, for round end goal)
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
2. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
6. Play Bird - European Turtle Dove in Woodlands (for Forest Data Analyst, Oologist - Birds that have at least 1 egg laid on them, Egg)
1. Barn Owl from other player's Wilson's Snipe

Round End: Skipped Common Swift's power

Round End Goal - Birds in Wetlands: 5 points (1st w/ 5 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Eurasian Sparrowhawk (used Vaux's Swift for food cost, for Forest Data Analyst)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner (before turn)
2. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
3. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
2. Play Bird - Crested Pigeon in Grasslands
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
2. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded European Roller and Red-Cockaded Woodpecker for 3rd and 4th eggs), New Holland Honeyeater from Willie-Wagtail's power
1. Dark-Eyed Junco from other player's Wilson's Snipe
4. Play Bird - Red Shouldered Hawk in Woodlands (used Fish and Worm for food cost, for Forest Data Analyst)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded New Holland Honeyeater and Barn Owl for 3rd and 4th eggs), North Island Brown Kiwi from Willie-Wagtail's power

Round End: Discarded Worm to tuck 1 under Common Swift

Round End Goal - No Goal

Game End: No Wheat for Crested Pigeon's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 6)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 4)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 7)