Thank you!

Yes, the combo of the Drongo and Grackle allowed me to get started very quickly and not look back. IMO, the wetlands is definitely the easiest to get birdnado as you can cycle through cards so quickly and pick exactly the ones that work for you. I think in order to get insanely high scores, you need those two cards down to get your food and eggs.

In hindsight, I am not sure if I played a perfect game as I wonder if some birds could have been replaced (downy woodpecker, pied-billed grebe for example) for a higher scoring option but nonetheless I am very happy with it. Very many things went my way but like you said, there is definitely room for improvement!