Bird Find Level 486 Answers & Walkthrough Guide
Welcome to the Bird Find Level 486 answers page. If you have been stuck at this level wondering whether it takes a bird or an egg, this is the page you want. Bird Find Level 486 is a 10×10 grid with 25 squares filled in from the start, and it needs 5 birds and 5 eggs in every row and every column. There are 4 of the = and × clues across the board, and they carry a lot of the early work.
Press See Solution for the finished grid, or use Step by step to watch all 75 placements appear one at a time. Every move is also written out underneath with the reason it has to go that way, so nothing here needs guessing.
About the game
Bird Find is a quiet binary logic puzzle where every square ends up holding either a bird or an egg, and you work out which by deduction rather than luck. Birds and eggs come out even in each row and column, three of the same kind never sit together in a line, and no two rows or columns end up identical. Squares joined by an = match each other, squares joined by a × are opposites, and there is no timer rushing you through any of it.
Bird Find Level 486 Solution
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Press See Solution for the finished grid, or Step by step to work through it one move at a time.
Read all 75 steps as text
- R9C2 is 🐦 bird. R9C1 holds a bird and the = joins it to R9C2, so that cell matches: another bird.Equals link
- R1C5 is 🥚 egg. R1C6 and R1C7 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R1C5 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R1C8 is 🥚 egg. R1C6 and R1C7 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R1C8 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R2C1 is 🥚 egg. R2C2 and R2C3 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R2C1 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R3C1 is 🐦 bird. R2C1 holds an egg and the × means the two must differ, so R3C1 is a bird.Different link
- R2C4 is 🥚 egg. R2C2 and R2C3 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R2C4 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R4C5 is 🥚 egg. R4C6 and R4C7 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R4C5 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R4C8 is 🥚 egg. R4C6 and R4C7 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R4C8 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R7C3 is 🥚 egg. R7C4 and R7C5 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R7C3 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R7C6 is 🥚 egg. R7C4 and R7C5 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R7C6 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R8C8 is 🥚 egg. R8C9 and R8C10 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R8C8 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R9C3 is 🥚 egg. R9C1 and R9C2 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R9C3 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R5C1 is 🥚 egg. R3C1 and R4C1 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R5C1 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R8C1 is 🥚 egg. R9C1 and R10C1 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R8C1 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R3C3 is 🥚 egg. R1C3 and R2C3 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R3C3 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R4C3 is 🐦 bird. R3C3 holds an egg and the × means the two must differ, so R4C3 is a bird.Different link
- R6C3 is 🥚 egg. R4C3 and R5C3 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R6C3 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R8C3 is 🐦 bird. R6C3 and R7C3 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R8C3 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R5C4 is 🥚 egg. R6C4 and R7C4 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R5C4 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R8C4 is 🥚 egg. R6C4 and R7C4 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R8C4 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R6C5 is 🥚 egg. R7C5 and R8C5 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R6C5 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R9C5 is 🥚 egg. R7C5 and R8C5 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R9C5 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R3C6 is 🥚 egg. R4C6 and R5C6 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R3C6 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R6C6 is 🥚 egg. R4C6 and R5C6 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R6C6 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R6C7 is 🐦 bird. R6C5 and R6C6 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R6C7 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R8C6 is 🐦 bird. R6C6 and R7C6 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R8C6 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R8C7 is 🥚 egg. R8C5 and R8C6 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R8C7 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R10C6 is 🥚 egg. R8C6 and R9C6 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R10C6 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R4C2 is 🥚 egg. R4C1 and R4C3 are both birds with one gap between them. Filling R4C2 with a bird would make three in a row, so it is an egg.No trios
- R9C4 is 🐦 bird. R9C3 and R9C5 are both eggs with one gap between them. Filling R9C4 with an egg would make three in a row, so it is a bird.No trios
- R8C2 is 🥚 egg. R7C2 and R9C2 are both birds with one gap between them. Filling R8C2 with a bird would make three in a row, so it is an egg.No trios
- R5C5 is 🐦 bird. R4C5 and R6C5 are both eggs with one gap between them. Filling R5C5 with an egg would make three in a row, so it is a bird.No trios
- R5C7 is 🥚 egg. R5C5 and R5C6 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R5C7 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R9C10 is 🥚 egg. R8C10 and R10C10 are both birds with one gap between them. Filling R9C10 with a bird would make three in a row, so it is an egg.No trios
- R4C4 is 🥚 egg. Row 4 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R4C4.Row & column count
- R3C4 is 🐦 bird. R4C4 and R5C4 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R3C4 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R4C9 is 🥚 egg. Row 4 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R4C9.Row & column count
- R1C1 is 🥚 egg. Column 1 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R1C1.Row & column count
- R7C1 is 🥚 egg. Column 1 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R7C1.Row & column count
- R10C3 is 🥚 egg. Column 3 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R10C3.Row & column count
- R1C4 is 🥚 egg. Column 4 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R1C4.Row & column count
- R2C6 is 🥚 egg. Column 6 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R2C6.Row & column count
- R2C5 is 🐦 bird. R2C4 and R2C6 are both eggs with one gap between them. Filling R2C5 with an egg would make three in a row, so it is a bird.No trios
- R10C5 is 🥚 egg. Column 5 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R10C5.Row & column count
- R10C7 is 🐦 bird. R10C5 and R10C6 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R10C7 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R2C7 is 🥚 egg. Try a bird at R2C7. Every move that is then forced leads to a dead end — Column 7 ends up with 6 birds, over the limit of 5. So R2C7 has to be an egg.Look ahead
- R2C8 is 🐦 bird. R2C6 and R2C7 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R2C8 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R3C7 is 🥚 egg. Try a bird at R3C7. Every move that is then forced leads to a dead end — Column 7 ends up with 6 birds, over the limit of 5. So R3C7 has to be an egg.Look ahead
- R3C8 is 🐦 bird. R3C6 and R3C7 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R3C8 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R3C10 is 🥚 egg. Try a bird at R3C10. Every move that is then forced leads to a dead end — Column 8 ends up with three eggs in a row at R4C8, R5C8, R6C8. So R3C10 has to be an egg.Look ahead
- R5C8 is 🐦 bird. Try an egg at R5C8. Every move that is then forced leads to a dead end — Column 8 ends up with three eggs in a row at R4C8, R5C8, R6C8. So R5C8 has to be a bird.Look ahead
- R6C8 is 🐦 bird. R5C8 holds a bird and the = joins it to R6C8, so that cell matches: another bird.Equals link
- R6C9 is 🥚 egg. R6C7 and R6C8 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R6C9 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R7C8 is 🥚 egg. R5C8 and R6C8 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R7C8 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R9C8 is 🐦 bird. R7C8 and R8C8 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R9C8 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R7C7 is 🐦 bird. R7C6 and R7C8 are both eggs with one gap between them. Filling R7C7 with an egg would make three in a row, so it is a bird.No trios
- R9C7 is 🥚 egg. R9C6 and R9C8 are both birds with one gap between them. Filling R9C7 with a bird would make three in a row, so it is an egg.No trios
- R5C9 is 🐦 bird. R4C9 and R6C9 are both eggs with one gap between them. Filling R5C9 with an egg would make three in a row, so it is a bird.No trios
- R5C10 is 🥚 egg. R5C8 and R5C9 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R5C10 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R5C2 is 🥚 egg. Row 5 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R5C2.Row & column count
- R3C2 is 🐦 bird. R4C2 and R5C2 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R3C2 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R1C2 is 🥚 egg. R2C2 and R3C2 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R1C2 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R6C2 is 🐦 bird. R4C2 and R5C2 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R6C2 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R1C9 is 🐦 bird. Row 1 already has all 5 of its eggs, so every remaining cell there is a bird — starting with R1C9.Row & column count
- R1C10 is 🐦 bird. Row 1 already has all 5 of its eggs, so every remaining cell there is a bird — starting with R1C10.Row & column count
- R3C9 is 🥚 egg. Row 3 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R3C9.Row & column count
- R2C9 is 🐦 bird. R3C9 and R4C9 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R2C9 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R2C10 is 🥚 egg. R2C8 and R2C9 are already two birds in a row. A third bird at R2C10 would make a trio, so it is an egg.No trios
- R6C10 is 🥚 egg. Row 6 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R6C10.Row & column count
- R7C10 is 🐦 bird. R5C10 and R6C10 are already two eggs in a row. A third egg at R7C10 would make a trio, so it is a bird.No trios
- R7C9 is 🥚 egg. Row 7 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R7C9.Row & column count
- R9C9 is 🥚 egg. Row 9 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R9C9.Row & column count
- R10C2 is 🥚 egg. Column 2 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R10C2.Row & column count
- R10C8 is 🥚 egg. Column 8 already has all 5 of its birds, so every remaining cell there is an egg — starting with R10C8.Row & column count
- R10C9 is 🐦 bird. Row 10 already has all 5 of its eggs, so every remaining cell there is a bird — starting with R10C9.Row & column count
Tip: most of the progress on this particular grid came down to spotting two of the same kind already side by side, which settles the squares at both ends. That is usually the first thing worth trying when a board stops moving.
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