Pugalier

Dave takes food, gaining a seed.
Chris G. spends a rodent to play the Cooper's Hawk in the forest.
Chris H. spends 1 seed and 1 invertebrate to play the Little Bustard in the grasslands, gaining a bonus card and laying an egg on the Little Bustard.
Bill spends a seed to play the Common Chiffchaff in the wetlands.
Dave takes food, gaining a rodent.
Chris G. spends an invertebrate to play the Barn Swallow in the wetlands.
Chris H. takes food, gaining a seed.
Bill spends an invertebrate to play the Common Chauffinch in the forest.
Dave spends 2 seeds and 1 rodent to play the Stellar's Jay in the forest.
Chris G. takes food, gaining an invertebrate, then draws the Cedar Waxwing, which has a wingspan of 25 cm and is tucked under the Cooper's Hawk.
Chris H. spends a seed and an egg from the Little Bustard to play the Killdeer in the grassland.
Bill lays eggs, placing 2 on the Common Chiffchaff.
Dave takes food, gaining a fish, rerolling the dice, then takes a seed with the Stellar's Jay.
Chris G. lays eggs, placing 1 each on the Cooper's Hawk and Barn Swallow.
Chris H. lays eggs, placing 1 on the Little Bustard and 2 on the Killdeer, then discards 1 egg from the Killdeer to draw 2 cards.
Bill draws bird cards, discarding an egg from the Common Chiffchaff to draw 2, then tucks a card behind the Chiffchaff.
Dave takes food, gaining a berry, then using the Stellar's Jay to gain a seed.

Chris G. draws cards, discarding an egg from the Cooper's Hawk to take the Greater Roadrunner and a card from the deck, tucks a card from his hand behind the Barn Swallow, and draws a card.
Chris H. lays eggs, placing 1 on the Little Bustard and 2 on the Killdeer, then discards 1 egg from the Killdeer to draw 2 cards.
Bill lays eggs, placing 2 on the Common Chiffchaff.
Dave takes food, gaining an invertebrate, rerolls the feeder, and takes a seed with the Stellar's Jay.
Chris G. takes food, gaining an invertebrate, and draws the Ruddy Duck with the Cooper's Hawk, which has a wingspan of 42cm and is tucked beneath the hawk.
Chris H. takes food, gaining a seed.
Bill draws bird cards, discarding an egg from the Common Chiffchaff to draw 2 from the deck, then tucks a card from his hand behind the Common Chiffchaff.
Dave takes food, gaining a rodent, rerolls the feeder, and takes a seed with the Stellar's Jay.
Chris G. spends 2 invertebrates and an egg from the Barn Swallow to play the European Honey Buzzard in the forest.
Chris H. spends a seed and a berry to play the Cassin's Finch in the forest, drawing 2 bonus cards and keeping 1.
Bill lays eggs, placing 2 on the Common Chiffchaff.
Dave spends a rodent, seed, and fish to play the Wood Stork in the wetlands, drawing 2 bonus cards and keeping 1.
Chris G. lays eggs, placing 2 on the Barn Swallow.
Chris H. spends an egg from the Killdeer to play the Griffon Vulture in the grassland.
Bill takes food, discarding a card to gain 2 seeds.

Chris G. uses the European Honey Buzzard to reset the feeder, gaining 2 invertebrates. Chris H. caches a rodent on the Griffon Vulture. Round bonus is eggs in the wetlands: Bill has 4, Chris G. has 2, and Dave and Chris H. each have 0. Face up birds are discarded and new ones drawn.

Chris G. takes food, gaining a seed and a berry, then draws the Red-Backed Shrike with the Cooper's Hawk, which has a wingspan of 33cm, which is tucked under the hawk.
Chris H. lays eggs, placing 1 each on the Cassin's Finch, Killdeer, and Griffon Vulture, then discards and egg from the Little Bustard to draw 2 cards with the Killdeer.
Bill takes food, rerolls the Feeder, and takes an invertebrate.
Dave draws bird cards, taking the Common Raven.
Chris G. draws bird cards, discarding an egg from the Barn Swallow to take the Scaled Quail and American Avocet, then tucks a card from his hand behind the Barn Swallow and draws a card.
Chris H. takes food, discarding a card and gaining a seed and a fish.
Bill spends 2 seeds, an invertebrate, and an egg from the Common Chiffchaff to play the Sandhill Crane in the wetlands.
Dave takes food, gaining a rodent, re-rolling the Feeder, and using the Stellar's Jay to gain a seed.
Chris G. spends 2 invertebrates, a seed, and an egg from the Barn Swallo to play the American Avocet in the wetlands.
Chris H. spends a fish, a seed, and an egg from the Griffon Vulture to play the Fish Crow in the forest.
Bill draws cards, taking 2 from the deck and tucks a card from his hand behind the Common Chiffchaff.
Dave draws bird cards, taking the Indigo Bunting.
Chris G. draws cards, taking the Chihuahuan Raven and a card from the deck, and tucks a card from his hand behind the Barn Swallow, drawing a card.
Chris H. takes food, gaining an invertebrate and a fish, rerolls the Feeder, then discards an egg from the Little Bustard to gain a seed with the Fish Crow.

Bill takes food, discarding a card to gain a seed and an invertebrate.
Dave spends a seed, invertebrate, and berry to play the Indigo Bunting in the grassland.
Chris G. takes food, gaining a seed and a rodent, then draws the Pygmy Nuthatch with the Cooper's Hawk, which has a wingspan of 20cm and is tucked under the hawk.
Chris H. spends a seed, invertebrate, and fish to play the Rosate Spoonbill in the wetlands, drawing 2 bonus cards and keeping 1.
Bill spends an invertebrate and an egg from the Common Chiffchaff to play the Red-Breasted Nuthatch in the forest.
Dave lays eggs, placing 2 on the Indigo Bunting. Chris G. uses the American Avocet to lay an egg on the Barn Swallow.
Chris G. spends a seed, berry, and rodent to play the Chuhuahuan Raven in the grassland.
Chris H. takes food, rerolls the Feeder, and gains a seed and a berry, then discards an egg from the Killdeer with the Fish Crow to gain an invertebrate.
Bill draws cards, taking 2 from the deck, discarding a seed to tuck 2 cards from the deck behind the Sandhill Crane, and tucking a card from his hand behind the Common Chiffchaff.
Dave spends a rodent, 2 seeds, and an egg from the Indigo Bunting to play the Common Raven in the grassland.
Chris G. lays eggs, placing 1 each on the Barn Swallow and American Avocet, then uses the Chihuahuan Raven to discard 1 egg from the Barn Swallow to gain 2 seeds.
Chris H. spends a seed and an egg each from the Cassin's Finch and Killdeer to play the Red-Winged Blackbird in the grasslands.
Bill draws cards, taking 2 from the deck and tucks a card from his hand behind the Common Chiffchaff.
Dave draws cards, discarding an egg from the Indigo Bunting to take the Short-Toed Tree Creeper and a card from the deck.

Chris H. lays eggs, placing 2 on the Red-Winged Blackbird, 1 on the Fish Crow, and 1 on the Griffon Vulture, then discards an egg from the Griffon Vulture with the Killdeer to draw a card from the deck and the House Sparrow.
Bill takes food, gaining a seed and a fish, then caching a seed on the Red-Breasted Nuthatch.
Dave lays eggs, placing 2 on the Indigo Bunting and 1 on the Wood Stork, discards an egg from the Indigo Bunting with the Common Raven to gain an invertebrate and a berry, then rerolls the Feeder and takes an invertebrate with the Indigo Bunting.
Chris G. spends a seed and an egg from the Barn Swallow to play the Scaled Quail in the grassland.
Chris H. lays eggs, placing 3 on the Cassin's Finch and 1 on the Roseate Spoonbill, tucks a card from his hand behind the Red-Winged Blackbird, laying an egg on that bird, then discards an egg from the Red-Winged Blackbird with the Killdeer to draw 2 cards from the deck.
Bill draws bird cards, taking the Mountain Chickadee and 1 from the deck, discards a seed to tuck 2 cards from the deck behind the Sandhill Crane, and tucks a card from his hand behind the Common Chiffchaff.
Dave draws bird cards, discarding an egg from the Wood Stork to take the Lazuli Bunting and Brewer's Blackbird.
Chris G. lays eggs, placing 1 each on the Cooper's Hawk, Chihuahuan Raven, and Barn Swallow, gains an egg on the Scaled Quail, and discards an egg from the Barn Swallow with the Chihuahuan Raven to gain a seed and a berry.
Chris H. lays eggs, placing 1 each on the Fish Crow, Little Bustard, Killdeer, and Griffon Vulture, tucks a card from his hand behind the Red-Winged Blackbird, laying an egg on that bird, then discards an egg from the Red-Winged Blackbird with the Killdeer to draw 2 cards from the deck. Chris G. uses the American Avocet to lay an egg on the Scaled Quail.
Bill takes food, gaining 2 invertebrates, caches a seed on the Red-Breasted Nuthatch, and tucks a card from his hand behind the Common Chauffinch.
Dave spends a seed, an invertebrate, a berry, and an egg from the Indigo Bunting to play the Lazuli Bunting in the grassland.
Chris G. spends 1 invertebrate and an egg from the American Avocet to play the Ruby-Crowned Kinglet in the forest, then spends 2 seeds, 1 berry, and eggs from the Cooper's Hawk and Chihuahuan Raven to play the Wild Turkey in the forest.

Chris H. spends an invertebrate and an egg from the Little Bustard to play the Downy Woodpecker in the forest, then spends eggs from the Killdeer and Griffon Vulture to play the Black Vulture in the forest.
Bill spends an invertebrate and an egg from the Common Chiffchaff to play the Common Starling in the wetlands.
Dave lays eggs, placing 2 on the Common Raven and 1 on the Wood Stork, uses the Lazuli Bunting to lay an egg on the Indigo Bunting. Chris G. lays an egg on the Ruby-Crowned Kinglet. Chris H. lays an egg on the Red-Winged Blackbird. Bill lays an egg on the Common Chauffinch. Dave lays an egg on the Lazuli Bunting, discards an egg from the Wood Stork with the Common Raven to gain 1 seed and 1 invertebrate, and gains a berry with the Indigo Bunting. Chris G. uses the American Avocet to lay an egg on the Wild Turkey.
Chris G. draws bird cards, taking 2 from the deck, then tucks a card from his hand behind the Barn Swallow, drawing a card.
Chris H. takes food, rerolls the Feeder, takes a berry, rerolls the Feeder again, and gains a seed and an invertebrate.
Bill takes food, gains a seed and an invertebrate, and caches a seed on the Red-Breasted Nuthatch.
Dave spends a seed, an invertebrate, and an egg from the Indigo Bunting to play the Dunnock in the forest.
Chris G. takes food, gaining a rodent, rerolling the Feeder, and gaining 2 seeds, then draws the Great Egret with the Cooper's Hawk, which has a wingspan of 130cm and is discarded.
Chris H. spends a seed, a berry, and 2 eggs from the Red-Winged Blackbird to play the House Sparrow in the grassland.
Bill takes food, gaining an invertebrate and a berry, and caches a seed on the Red-Breasted Nuthatch.
Dave lays eggs, placing 2 on the Wood Stork and 1 on the Indigo Bunting, then uses the Lazuli Bunting to lay an egg on the Stellar's Jay. Chris G. lays an egg on the Barn Swallow. Chris H. lays an egg on the Red-Winged Blackbird. Bill lays an egg on the Common Chauffinch. Dave lays an egg on the Lazuli Bunting, then disards an egg from the Indigo Bunting with the Common Raven to gain an invertebrate and a berry, rerolls the Feeder with the Indigo Bunting, gaining an invertebrate. Chris G. uses the American Avocet to lay an egg on the Wild Turkey.
Chris G. draws cards, taking the Mountain Bluebird and a card from the deck, then tucks a card from his hand behind the Barn Swallow, drawing a card.

Bill draws cards, discarding an egg from the Common Chiffchaff to take the Northern Flicker and 2 cards from the deck, discards a seed to tuck 2 cards from the deck behind the Sandhill Crane, and tucks a card from his hand behind the Common Chiffchaff.
Dave spends 2 berries, 1 invertebrate, and an egg from the Wood Stork to play the Common Blackbird in the forest.
Chris G. takes food, gaining a seed, berry, and rodent, then draws the Anhinga with the Cooper's Hawk, which has a wingspan of 114cm, and is discarded.
Chris H. lays eggs, placing 1 each on the Griffon Vulture, Downy Woodpecker, Little Bustard, and Killdeer, tucks a card from his hand behind the Red-Winged Blackbird, laying an egg on it, and discards an egg from the Red-Winged Blackbird to draw the Gray Heron and a card from the deck with the Killdeer. Chris G. uses the American Avocet to place an egg on the Scaled Quail.
Bill spends an invertebrate and an egg from the Common Chauffinch to play the Mountain Chickadee in the forest.
Dave spends an invertebrate and 2 eggs from the Common Raven to play the White-Throated Swift in the grassland.
Chris G. spends an invertebrate, a berry, and an egg from the Wild Turkey to play the Mountain Bluebird in the grassland, then spends 3 seeds, a rodent, and 2 eggs from the Scaled Quail to play the European Goldfinch in the grassland.
Chris H. takes food, gaining a fish, rerolling the Feeder, gaining a seed and an invertebrate.
Bill takes food, discarding a card to take gain a berry and an invertebrate, rerolls the Feeder, and gains a seed, then caches a seed each on the Mountain Chickadee and Red-Breasted Nuthatch.
Dave lays eggs, placing 2 on the Common Raven and 1 each on the Wood Stork and Common Blackbird, tucks a card beneath the White-Throated Swift to lay an egg on itself, and uses the Lazuli Bunting to lay eggs on the Stellar's Jay and Indigo Bunting. Chris G. lays an egg on the European Goldfinch. Chris H. lays an egg on the Red-Winged Blackbird. Bill lays an egg on the Common Chauffinch. Dave then discards an egg from the White-Throated Swift with the Common Raven to gain a seed and a fish, and with the Indigo Bunting gains an invertebrate from the Feeder. Chris G. tucks a card from the deck behind the European Goldfinch, and uses the American Avocet to lay an egg on the Wild Turkey.

Chris G. lays eggs, placing 1 each on the Ruby-Crowned Kinglet and Barn Swallow and 2 on the European Goldfinch, the Scaled Quail lays an egg on itself, and discards an egg from the European Goldfinch with the Chihuahuan Raven to gain an invertebrate and a fish.
Chris H. spends a fish, 2 invertebrates, and an egg from the Red-Winged Blackbird to play the Grey Heron in the wetlands.
Bill takes food, gaining an invertebrate and a fish, and caching a seed each on the Mountain Chickadee and Red-Breasted Nuthatch.
Dave spends a seed, a fish, and 2 eggs from the Common Blackbird to play the Brewer's Blackbird in the grassland.
Chris G. spends a fish and an egg from the Wild Turkey to play the Snowy Egret in the wetlands.
Chris H. lays eggs, discarding a berry to place 1 each on the Little Bustard, Downy Woodpecker, and Roseate Spoonbill, and 2 on the Killdeer, tucks a card from his hand under the Red-Winged Blackbird, laying an egg on it. Chris G. tucks a card from the deck behind the European Goldfinch and uses the American Avocet to lay an egg on the Scaled Quail.
Bill draws bird cards, taking 2 from the deck, discards a seed to tuck 2 cards from the deck behind the Sandhill Crane, and uses the Common Chiffchaff to tuck a card behind the Common Starling, Sandhill Crane, and Common Chiffchaff.
Dave lays eggs, discarding an invertebrate to place 4 on the Common Blackbird and 1 on the Brewer's Blackbird, and uses the Lazuli Bunting to lay eggs on the Brewer's Blackbird and Lazuli Bunting. Chris G. lays an egg on the European Goldfinch. Dave then rerolls the Feeder with the Indigo Bunting gains a berry.
Chris G. lays eggs, placing 1 each on the Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Mountain Bluebird, European Goldfinch, and Barn Swallow, then the Scaled Quail lays an egg on itself.
Chris H. lays eggs, placing 1 on the Black Vulture and 3 on the House Sparrow.

Dave has the Nest Box Builder, gaining 0VP for 1 bird that has a cavity nest and Photographer, gaining 3VP for 5 birds that have colors in their names, for a total of 3VP.

Chris G. has the Ecologist, gaining 6VP for 3 birds in the habitat with the fewest birds.

Chris H. has the Bird Counter, gaining 4VP for 2 birds with a flocking ability, Platform Builder, gaining 4VP for 4 birds with platform nests, Large Bird Specialist, gaining 6VP for 6 birds with a wingspan over 65cm, and Viticulturalist, gaining 3VP for 3 birds that eat berries, for a total of 17VP.

Bill Scharf: The bird cards really funneled my game this time. Lots and lots of tucking, I’ve never seen so many low value birds in my life, and tucking them seemed a lot more appropriate than hunting down food and playing them for 0 to 2 points…yeah, not a lot of options for me. Hmm, it wasn’t until I typed this that I realized how close t and f were on the keyboard…

Chris Hibbert: One of my initial choices was Killdeer, which I wasn't going to take at first, but I looked at a couple sites on-line to get recommendations on the other birds. One page pointed out that Killdeer is super-helpful because you can get eggs and bird cards with a single turn. From then on, I had plenty of cards, and I just had to figure out what birds worked best together. I was surprised at drawing so many bonus cards, but I was eventually able to fulfill them all. It was really nice when I could find birds that satisfied more than one criteria.

The Killdeer was already driving me to focus on eggs, so the round 2 bonus was a natural, and the easy access to eggs and birds meant the round 3 bonus was aimed at me as well.

All the bonus cards and round End bonuses meant that I didn't have a whole lot of actions on taking food or laying eggs, but that worked out fine.

Thanks for running the game, Chris!

Chris Geggus: A great win for Chris H. When I saw his board I thought we're playing for second place here and so it proved. Pleased with my performance, but couldn't get my birds out easily on the last few turns, so fell a few points short of target. Still not enough to win however. Good combos always work well in this game. Thanks also to the other Chris H.

Dave Anderson: Congrats to Chris Hibbert on his fine win. I had too many birds with a high food cost to play for my bonus cards. Bonus cards are helpful in winning a game. It was nice to see a tucked game being tried too. Next time I am definitely voting for Oceania and seeking what it brings to the table. Count me signed up for it.

	Dave	Chris G.	Chris H.	Bill
Birds	35	42	38	19
Bonus Cards	3	6	17	2
End of Round Goals	11	9	14	4
Eggs	19	16	22	2
Cached Food	0	0	5	8
Tucked Cards	1	11	5	27
Total	69	84	101	62

Name	Color	Cards in Hand	Bonus Cards	Seeds	Invertebrates	Berries	Fish	Rodents
Dave Anderson	Red	0	2		1	1
Chris Geggus	Yellow	2	1		1			1
Chris Hibbert	Green	0	4
Bill Scharf	Purple	0	1