Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 6, 2024

My Score - 115 (Won)

• Bird Points - 57
• Bonus Cards - 28
• End of Round Goals - 9
• Eggs - 1
• Food on Cards - 5
• Tucked Cards - 2
• Nectar - 13

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Wood Stork - for Fishery Manager and another bonus card
• Baird's Sparrow - for more eggs
• Barn Owl - Grasslands bird

Food

• Nectar and Rat - fro Barn Owl
• Fish - for Wood Stork

Bonus Card: Fishery Manager - Birds that eat Fish

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - White-Throated Dipper (from tray, for Fishery Manager)
2. Play Bird - Barn Owl in Woodlands (to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food)
3. Gain Food - Rat and Worm from bird feeder (for Baird's Sparrow and Wood Stork), Barn Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
4. Gain Food - Wheat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Baird's Sparrow and Wood Stork), Barn Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
5. Play Bird - Wood Stork in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager, Passerine Specialist - Bird with wingspans 30cm or less, other option was Backyard Birder - Birds worth less than 4 points)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
6. Play Bird - Baird's Sparrow in Grasslands
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (across habitats for round end goal), Egg from Baird's Sparrow's power
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (across habitats for round end goal), Egg from Baird's Sparrow's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Sets of Eggs in All Habitats: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 sets) 

Round 2

1. Play Bird - White-Throated Dipper in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager and Passerine Specialist and more birds)
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
2. Draw Birds - Gould's Finch and Yellow-Headed Blackbird (both from tray, for Passerine Specialist), House Sparrow from White-Throated Dipper's power
3. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Yellow-Headed Blackbird), Barn Owl's power successful w/ 1 die (Rat cached)
4. Play Bird - Yellow-Headed Blackbird in Wetlands (for round end goal and eggs while drawing birds)
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
5. Draw Birds - Black Redstart (from tray to tuck)  and Abbott's Booby (from tray, for Fishery Manager), Tucked Black Redstart to lay egg on Yellow-Headed Blackbird, White-Belled Sea-Eagle from White-Throated Dipper's power
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
6. Play Bird - Abbott's Booby in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager, Kept Forest Data Analyst and discarded Viticulturalist and Behaviorist)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
7. Draw Birds - Great Crested Grebe (from tray to tuck), Little Bustard (from tray, for another bonus card) and Gallah (from tray, for Forest Data Analyst), Tucked Great Crested Grebe to lay egg on Yellow-Headed Blackbird, North Island Brown Kiwi from White-Throated Dipper's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nest: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 2 eggs)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Little Bustard and North Island Brown Kiwi), Barn Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
2. Play Bird - Little Bustard in Grasslands (used 2 Berries for Wheat in food cost, Diet Specialist - Birds with a 3 food cost, Egg)
3. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for North Island Brown Kiwi), Barn Owl's power successful w/ 3 dice (Rat cached)
4. Play Bird - North Island Brown Kiwi in Grasslands (for Passerine Specialist, discarded Forest Data Analyst, Kept Ethologist and Wetland Scientist, discarded Wetland Data Analyst and Grassland Data Analyst)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
5. Gain Food - Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for Gould's Finch and White-Bellied Sea-Eagle), Barn Owl's power successful w/ 3 dice (Rat cached)
6. Play Bird - White-Bellied Sea-Eagle in Grasslands (for Fishery Manager and Diet Specialist, used 2 Berries for 2nd Rat)
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
2. Fish from other player's Osprey

Round End: none

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

Round 4

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Gould's Finch and House Sparrow), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached) Barn Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
2. Play Bird - Gould's Finch in Grasslands (for Ethologist, Passerine Specialist, and game end power)
3. Gain Food - Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for Galah and House Sparrow), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached) Barn Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Berry for 3rd egg), Egg from Baird's Sparrow's power
1. Worm from other player's Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
5. Play Bird - House Sparrow in Grasslands (for Ethologist)

Round End: Skipped House Sparrow's power

Round End Goal - Beak Pointing Right: 3 points (3rd w/ 5 birds)

Game End: Played Galah in Woodlands (used Fish and Worm for 3rd Wheat, for Diet Specialist) using Gould's Finch's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 4)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 4)

Wetlands - 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 2)