Workout companions
Killdeer, Wheeler High track
It's Election Day, and after I voted—straight Democrat, by the way... if for no other reason than saving the environment—I went to the high school's running track to put in the one mile steady walk that's the start of my latest heartwork rehab program. I'm going to be doing this a lot in November, so I've already begun to pay close attention to my surroundings on the track. A small and still persistent flock of Killdeer, a handsome shorebird bearing a characteristic double neck ring, was a welcome companion, and after I'd completed my workout, I grabbed my lightweight 55-200mm zoom telephoto—the big gun remains too heavy for me to wield—and delighted in another kind of workout: their graceful flight and, praise be, my increasing ability to capture it.