{"id":104355,"date":"2022-07-18T04:50:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T10:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=104355"},"modified":"2024-06-30T17:07:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T22:07:45","slug":"young-coyote-near-a-creek-in-the-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/07\/18\/young-coyote-near-a-creek-in-the-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Coyote Near A Creek In The Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning while photographing bees on wildflowers I spotted a young Coyote walking towards a mountain creek through some grass and sagebrush. I started my Jeep and drove to a better viewpoint of the young Coyote winding its way through the sage.<\/p>\n

\"YoungYoung Coyote with an injured eye \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/1250, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the years I have learned that I can only photograph many of the birds or animals I spot if<\/em> I can get to them quickly.\u00a0 If I don’t I often end up without a single photo of them.<\/p>\n

It took me a few seconds to grab my camera and start photographing the Coyote as it moved towards the edge of the creek.<\/p>\n

There were two things I didn’t realize at the time I photographed this young Song Dog.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. I forgot that I was set up to photograph bees on wildflowers that were close to my Jeep and that I had left my aperture set at f10. Because I was in a hurry to get to the Coyote I hadn’t taken the time to reset my aperture back to f7.1, which is my default setting. I didn’t need this much depth of field. I kicked my butt soundly after I realized what I had done.<\/li>\n
  2. I didn’t realize at the time I had this young Coyote in my viewfinder that it had an injured left eye.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"YoungYoung Coyote near a creek \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/2000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

    When the Coyote moved closer to the creek and to me it wandered in front of blooming Silvery Lupine, a native wildflower.<\/p>\n

    I photographed the Coyote from the top of a steep embankment in between clumps of tall grasses that were at the edge of the road. I appreciated the views I was able to get of this young animal.<\/p>\n

    \"CreeksideCreekside young Coyote \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/2000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

    Something in the distance caught the attention of the Coyote and it stopped briefly to look at what it was when I took this photo.<\/p>\n

    In this image we can see that the right eye of the Coyote was normal and healthy. When I reviewed all my images of this animal carefully I can see that the left eye of the Coyote is intact. I wondered if the Coyote scraped its left eye or if it had been irritated by the brush and grasses and was squinting to protect it. I can’t say for sure but I strongly suspect that is\/was the case.<\/p>\n

    \"YoungYoung Coyote with an eye on a rancher \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/2000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

    Despite messing up my aperture settings I was delighted to get a few nice images of this young Coyote<\/span><\/a>. I had less than a minute with the Coyote and I was only able to take 75 photos of the handsome creature before I lost sight of it.<\/p>\n

    Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

    Mia<\/p>\n

    P.S., I saw a low of 47\u00b0F yesterday morning in the mountains. By the end of the day I had seen a record breaking high of 107\u00b0F in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

    Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Coyote photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Yesterday morning while photographing bees on wildflowers I spotted a young Coyote walking towards a mountain creek through some grass and 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