Wingspan Online Daily Gameplay - August 2, 2024

My Score - 103 (Won)

• Bird Points - 55
• Bonus Cards - 14
• End of Round Goals - 15
• Eggs - 9
• Food on Cards - 2
• Tucked Cards - 4
• Nectar - 4

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Lazuli Bunting - for Prairie Manager and more eggs
• Eurasian Jay - Woodlands bird and for Lazuli Buntin's power
• Plains-Wanderer - for Prairie Manager and another bonus card

Food

• Nectar - to draw 2nd bird on 1st turn
• Worm - for Sacred Kingfisher (plan to draw 1st turn)
• Wheat - for Eurasian Jay

Bonus Card: Prairie Manager - Birds that can only live in Grasslands

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Gould's Finch (from tray, for game end power) and Sacred Kingfisher (used Nectar to draw 2nd bird, from tray, for potential between turns food)
2. Play Bird - Sacred Kingfisher in Wetlands (for potential between turns food and to get far enough in Wetlands to draw 2)
1. Worm from bird feeder from Sacred Kingfisher's power
3. Draw Birds - Ferruginous Hawk and Montagu's Harrier (both from tray, for Prairie Manager)
4. Play Bird - Eurasian Jay in Woodlands (to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food and for Lazuli Bunting's power)
5. Draw Birds - Eurasian Collared-Dove (from tray, for Prairie Manager and round end power) and Franklin's Gull (for star nest and for birds while laying eggs and possibly cover with Montagu's Harrier in 4th round)
6. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Lazuli Bunting), No Wheat to steal for Eurasian Jay's power
1. Fish from bird feeder from Sacred Kingfisher's power
7. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Lazuli Bunting), No Wheat to steal for Eurasian Jay's power
8. Play Bird - Lazuli Bunting in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager and more eggs)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cards in Hand: 4 points (1st w/ 6 cards) 

Round 2

1. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (in Hollow nest for round end goal), 2 eggs from Lazuli Bunting's power
2. Play Bird - Franklin's Gull in Grasslands (for round end goal and birds while laying eggs)
1. Fish from bird feeder from Sacred Kingfisher's power
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (in Star nest for round end goal), Discarded egg for Eurasian Sparrowhawk (from tray, for 4th round end goal) and Tawny Frogmouth (from tray, food cost potential from Sacred Kingfisher's power) using Franklin's Gull's power, 2 eggs from Lazuli Bunting's power
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Discarded egg for Wild Turkey (from tray, high points, for 3rd and 4th round end goal) and Short-Toed Treecreeper (from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power, 2 eggs from Lazuli Bunting's power
5. Gain Food - Wheat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Gould's Finch), No Wheat to steal for Eurasian Jay's power
1. Worm from bird feeder from Sacred Kingfisher's power
6. Play Bird - Gould's Finch in Woodlands (for round end goal and game end power)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (in Hollow nest for round end goal), Discarded egg for Barn Owl and Willet (both from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power, 2 eggs from Lazuli Bunting's power

Round End: none

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

Round 3

1. Gain Food - Wheat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Wild Turkey), No Wheat to steal for Eurasian Jay's power
1. Worm from bird feeder from Sacred Kingfisher's power
2. Play Bird - Wild Turkey in Woodlands (for round end goal)
3. Play Bird - Tawny Frogmouth in Woodlands (to get far enough in Woodlands for 3 food)
4. Play Bird - Eurasian Sparrowhawk in Woodlands (tucked Short-Toed Treecreeper for food cost, to get far enough in Woodlands for 4 food)
1. Worm from bird feeder from Sacred Kingfisher's power
2. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
5. Gain Food - Nectar, Wheat and 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Eurasian Collared-Dove and Plains-Wanderer), Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Rat cached), No Wheat to steal for Eurasian Jay's power
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
6. Play Bird - Eurasian Collared-Dove in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager

Round End: Skipped Eurasian Collared-Dove's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nests: 4 points (tied for 2nd w/ 5 eggs)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Rat and 3 Nectar from bird feeder (for Ferruginous Hawk and Plains-Wanderer), Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached), No Wheat to steal for Eurasian Jay's power
1. Fish from bird feeder from Sacred Kingfisher's power
2. Play Bird - Ferruginous Hawk in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager)
1. Fish from bird feeder from Sacred Kingfisher's power
3. Play Bird - Plains Wanderer in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager and round end goal, Kept Ecologist)
1. Rat from bird feeder from Sacred Kingfisher's power
4. Play Bird - Barn Owl in Wetlands (for Ecologist)
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Ferruginous Hawk's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, Skipped Franklin's Gull's power, 2 eggs from Lazuli Bunting's power

Round End: Discarded 2 Fish and Rat to tuck 3 under Eurasian Collared-Dove

Round End Goal - White & No Powers: 7 points (1st w/ 3 birds)

Game End: Played Willet in Wetlands using Gould's Finch's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 2)

Grasslands - 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 6)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 1)