Fembot 2.0 on her first morning.

After weeks of rearranging components, testing different wheels, and fashioning grouse skins into a covering, Gail has Fembot 2.0 ready for action. We’ve tested it out and it seems to have pretty good traction with the big wheels , and the motions (bending , moving her head around, pecking at the ground) look pretty good. Gail even managed to get the tail to bend down a little when the rest of the body tips forward to avoid the tail pointing up in the air. We tried to test it out on a non-focal lek this morning, but the birds all spooked before we could even get her out of the blind. Hopefully another test soon, so we can make sure the boys like her!