Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 9, 2024

My Score - 106 (Lost)

• Bird Points - 45
• Bonus Cards - 20
• End of Round Goals - 7
• Eggs - 15
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 8
• Nectar - 10

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Common Cuckoo - for potential between turns eggs
• Welcome Swallow - for Wildlife Gardener
• Spotted Owl - Woodlands bird and for another bonus card
• Sprague's Pipit - for another bonus card

Food

• Nectar and Rat - for Spotted Owl

Bonus Card: Wildlife Gardener - Bird with Cup Nests

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Barn Swallow (from tray, for Wildlife Gardener)
2. Play Bird - Spotted Owl in Woodlands (Food Web Expert - Birds that eat only Worms, other option was Wetland Scientist - Birds that only live in Wetlands)
3. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Barn Swallow and Common Cuckoo)
4. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Common Cuckoo and Sprague's Pipit)
5. Play Bird - Barn Swallow in Wetlands (for Food Web Expert, Wildlife Gardener, and tucks while drawing birds)
6. Play Bird - Common Cuckoo in Grasslands (for Food Web Expert and potential between turns eggs)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
7. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Sprague's Pipit)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
8. Play Bird - Sprague's Pipit in Grasslands (for round end goal, Mechanical Engineer - Sets of the 3 nest types, other option was Grassland Data Analyst - Consecutive birds with ascending or descending wingspans in Grasslands)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in One Row: 0 points (tied for 2nd w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - White Stork (from tray, for Mechanical Engineer and birds while laying eggs) and Grey Teal (from tray to tuck), Tucked Grey Teal to draw Trumpeter Swan (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for White Stork)
3. Play Bird - White Stork in Grasslands (for Mechanical Engineer and birds while laying eggs)
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, White Wagtail from White Stork's power
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
5. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Willie Wagtail)
6. Play Bird - White Wagtail in Grasslands (for Food Web Expert, Mechanical Engineer and Wildlife Gardener and maybe be able to use round end power)
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Grey-Headed Mannikin from White Stork's power
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power

Round End: No food for White Wagtail's power

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

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Trumpeter Swan)
2. Gain Food - Wheat and Fish from bird feeder (for Trumpeter Swan and Grey-Headed Mannikin)
3. Play Bird - Trumpeter Swan in Wetlands (for Mechanical Engineer and round end goal)
1. Wheat from other player's Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
2. Wheat from other player's Galah
4. Draw Birds - Barred Owl (from deck) and Black-Headed Gull (from tray for Welcome Swallow's power and food while drawing birds), Tucked Barred Owl to draw Black Swan (from tray for game end power and Welcome Swallow's power) using Barn Swallow's power
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Red-Bellied Woodpecker from White Stork's power
6. Play Bird - Red-Bellied Woodpecker in Woodlands (for Mechanical Engineer and potential Wheat while gaining food)

Round End: Played Grey-Headed Mannikin (for in game end power, Mechanical Engineer, and Wildlife Gardener) using White Wagtail's power

Round End Goal - Birds Worth more than 4 points: 2 points (3rd w/ 3 birds)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Black-Headed Gull and Welcome Swallow), Wheat from Red-Bellied Woodpecker's power
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
2. Wheat from other player's Galah
2. Play Bird - Play Bird - Black-Headed Gull in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
3. Draw Birds - Pequet's Parrot and Eurasian Nuthatch (both from deck), Stole other player's Worm using Black-Headed Gull's power, Tucked Eurasian Nuthatch and drew Blue-Gray Gnatcathcer (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Indigo Bunting from White Stork's power
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
5. Gain Food - 3 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher for 3rd food, for Black Swan), Wheat from Red-Bellied Woodpecker's power (cached Wheat)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power

Round End: Played Black Swan (for game end power, in Wetlands using White Wagtail's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 3 points (3rd w/ 5 eggs)

Game End: Played Welcome Swallow (for Food Web Expert and Wildlife Gardener, 5 tucked) using Grey-Headed Mannikin's power, 5 eggs from Black Swan's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 1)

Grasslands - 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 5)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 7)