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I didn't, but that certainly would have been a more efficient way to pick it up. I still would have had to lay eggs later instead of using an egg from the owl, though. Unfortunately my kingfisher play screwed that up as well, but I think both uses of the owl could have been legitimate. Thanks for the suggestion!

@FalafelWaffle81 true, though total in two turns you would be up 1 card and 2 eggs vs 1 card and 1 egg by doing the draw with owl path. I really like the owl into pileated play that someone else mentioned as well though!

@@BR4WNDO I can see your point. Either way you're doing a weak action - you're either getting a net of one egg (since cuckoo would give opponent one) or you just draw one card. At the time, you wouldn't know they were going to play the Cuckoo, though, so the Snowy Owl is the more correct pick (2 eggs > 1 card).

Bruh, I had already played the Ruff. Best I could do on that one was 3 points, which is what I got. It wasn't like I was going to hold back on putting the Ruff there based on the tiny chance I would get Wetland Specialist later lol

Yeah I recognized that after I played it. My opponent had just gotten food twice before that as well, which greatly lessened it's potential value. I only got one worm from it all game if memory serves. Should have been the owl.

I didn't have enough non-nectar to get down the Godwit. I could have grabbed a worm instead of a nectar on my last food action, but I would have had less food to spend on the Kea because I would have had to force down the Godwit.

@@FalafelWaffle81 Oh duh, of course, the nectar would have gone away at the end of the round before the game end powers. Got it. Thanks.

Yeah I'll agree with that.

You're wrong on this one. I didn't lose any tempo from playing the Brown Falcon first, I pushed out my Forest for the next food action, and I netted 3 points from tying the EOR vs. just one point from the egg.

Yeah when nectar is involved, it doesn't happen as often, but it definitely still happens.

But then wasn't the issue not having enough food to play everything?

​@@Lockeidtrue whoops

I do think no the grosbeak was the better over all play. Would have gotten more food, been another egg with phoebe, and 2 more with ecologist, might have also secured EOR

You're totally right. I figured he would lay eggs again and I could just use that, but I was wrong. It was a dumb miss on my part, but good to keep in mind for the future. Thanks for catching.

It didn't apply to any bonus cards or EOR goals, and was unlikely to get me much value.

Yeah I ended up getting no value from the Goldeneye because he had the Coucal and the Quail, which sucked. Hindsight is always 20/20.

True, but that didn't cost me any points, so I didn't think much about it. I always had plenty of useless cards to tuck.

Oof, but editing is such a chore! ;)

True - I still had plenty of opportunities to discard bad cards for eggs, food, or tuck them under the maned duck in the future.

Yeah I could have gotten it down instead of the Night Heron right after he put down the Hawk, but I didn't have any cards to cycle yet.

Good point - that could have made it worth picking up, although the Hornbill is really tough to make work unless you have a good egg-laying engine going. In hindsight, I probably should have kept it.

Happy it helps!

Huge commitment to counteract a low chance to be played bird

I think it's a good consideration since we saw them starting with a rat

I hesitate to sacrifice a food to keep a mediocre bird like that if it doesn't apply to any bonus cards or EOR goals, especially on the Oceania boards where it's a lot easier to get food. It is a fair point, though, that seeing my opponent start with a rat could have justified it.

Yeah that was a big goof on my part. I overthought it and completely forgot about the EOR. It didn't end up losing me the game, but certainly didn't help.

Typically the Red Winged Parrot doesn't work very well in the Wetland because it's very hard to coordinate having nectar to discard before you draw cards. It's not impossible, but the Forest makes more sense because you can grab the nectar and then discard in one action.

I was thinking something similar. If you pick up the towhee and crow in the same turn you can have a card cycling and two food gaining GL which is still pretty darn good.

All the early cards were screaming grassland.

When I look back on it, I should have moved forward with my original plan of the Brolga Wetland and Junco Grassland. The Hummingbird in the opening tray would have been great for it as well. I'm biased against the Brolga due to it giving an opponent eggs, but it really could have worked.

Did I have the Stork in Round 4? I looked back through the turns and don't see it anywhere. The roadrunner definitely would have been good with Falconer, though. Good thoughts.

​@@FalafelWaffle81 you played Wood Stork in R3. You could have delayed that by playing raven and flycatcher first then laying eggs a couple of times to get the food for Stork, roadrunner and vireo/warbler

​@@jonathanhak95Ah I see now. You were talking about the Wood Stork. For some reason I was thinking White Stork. There were also two flycatchers and two ravens lol, so would help if you clarified. But I agree that that could have been a good line.

Yes I should have thought ahead on the worm and predicted that my opponent wouldn't be taking any more food that game. I also should have made the connection on the Prothonotary Warbler, as mentioned above. Too much tunnel vision. Thanks for pointing out.

Yep, I missed that. I had already written off nest box builder in my mind, but that would have gotten me 2 more points. Nice catch.

Happy to hear it! That's factoring in the egg cost; the bird itself is worth one point, but spending two eggs on it takes away two points.

Sure it's a lot of points, but it doesn't do anything for you for tempo, especially on the base boards. You need some solid, cheap brown powers to build up momentum.

True - I probably would have kept it if it had been the Oceania boards, but on the base boards, you have to sacrifice too much tempo.

I don't want to give anything away, but it certainly was a close game.

Google it - phonetic spelling is: pai-lee-ay-tuhd, so you're right except for the first syllable. Super important. :)

Yeah I can see that. At the time, I think I was worried about the Forster's Tern getting picked up, but then I didn't even pick it up lol.

Hindsight is always 20/20 lol. I could just as easily have never seen a viable rat-eater to play given what I knew at the time. However, to be fair, Rodentologist is a much better bonus card, and picking up Wetland Scientist would only make sense if I had some solid wetland-only birds ready to play, which I didn't. So I see what you're saying.

Fair point on the Raven - I had two cards I could have discarded to get the 4 food still.

It's an interesting thought, but then I'm giving my opponent 2 nectar per activation - that really could hurt.

Couldn't agree more, and I need to do better with that. I know that's something that Will on Wingin' It emphasizes a lot - don't play a bird until you absolutely have to (e.g. right before you're about to activate that bird's habitat, to hit an EOR, etc.).

@@FalafelWaffle81 we all do it, it's some instinct to just wanna play the birds!

Could you give me an example?

Even with the Malleefowl's egg on the Snowy Owl, it's 4 points less than the Black Noddy because I needed to spend one more egg on it. Considering it only draws one bonus card, I wasn't too optimistic that it would make up that gap. Plus the Noddy allowed me to flip the nectar race in the Wetland, which is another 6 points. Laying eggs would only get me one more point (maybe two, if I'm lucky and hit with the Owl) than my Forest action, because discarding a card to lay an extra egg would have cost me a tuck under the Ruff.

That might have been an interesting route to try, but I'm very hesitant to put the raven in the Forest or Wetland unless I have a reliable source of eggs there; I did get some hits from the Eleonora's Falcon, but certainly not reliable. If you're having eggs pouring in from your Grassland, that can also work, but that's less frequent on Oceania boards.

That is a great point. That would have been a slam dunk with those nectar races.

Ha ha yeah I don't blame you. I wish I would have come to that conclusion before locking it in. It ultimately cost me 5 points. Not enough to win, but point differential is all that really matters in this series.

Yeah getting down the Horned Owl would have been two more points than the Turkey - good call.

Yeah I can see that - the saved turn would have meant another grassland activation or another big point play, which is better than the 4 points I got from the Condor's bonus card.

Agreed. It helps two round of goals.

That would definitely be a viable option. The bee eater isn't as good on the Oceania boards as on the base boards, and I would already be getting worms from my Phoebe, so I don't think it's good enough to warrant spending an inefficient card turn grabbing it before getting my Phoebe down.

Totally agree on that - I overthought it. He would steal a nectar regardless, so either way I would end up with a nectar and a worm in that case. But picking up 2 nectar gives me the chance to use them both if he doesn't steal right away.