{"id":111040,"date":"2023-03-11T04:11:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T11:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=111040"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:01:40","slug":"coyote-on-a-sunny-spring-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/03\/11\/coyote-on-a-sunny-spring-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote On A Sunny Spring Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across this image I took of a Coyote standing on rocks on a sunny spring morning yesterday and realized that I miss seeing Coyotes as often as I used to. Also, I miss having them in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Coyote on a sunny spring morning \u2013 Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 540, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When I first moved to Utah I found the Coyotes on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> to be very cooperative, abundant, and gorgeous.<\/p>\n

I took hundreds and hundreds of Coyote photos in all kinds of weather and lighting conditions. My collection of Coyote photos grew. I visited the island frequently and felt at home there.<\/p>\n

The last couple of years it seems like there haven’t been as many Coyotes on the island. I haven’t gone to the island like I used to due in part to the pandemic and my increasing allergic reactions to the no-see-ums and deer flies.<\/p>\n

The deer fly season lasts for part of the spring and all summer long.<\/p>\n

I also stopped going to the island in part because of the development that has gone on out there including the huge new campground.<\/p>\n

Pipeline construction along the causeway to the island which totally stripped slow-growing, bird-attracting, mature vegetation on the north side of the road.<\/p>\n

Traffic has increased.<\/p>\n

Climate change has made a negative impact on the birds and animals on the island and the increase in human presence likely has too.<\/p>\n

There are also areas of the island that I used to have access to<\/em> where there were great birds that have now been blocked off for various reasons.<\/p>\n

Antelope Island simply doesn’t feel as wild and wonderful to me as it did when I first moved here.<\/p>\n

If I feel that way, maybe the Coyotes do too.<\/p>\n

“Progress” isn’t always good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/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":"

I came across this image I took of a Coyote standing on rocks on a sunny spring morning yesterday and realized that I miss seeing coyotes as often as I used to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,100,1022,26],"tags":[4004,12677,733,4002,3347,11978,751,9979,1632,4470,5699,2817,4057,165,953],"class_list":["post-111040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-coyotes","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-canids","tag-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-coyotes","tag-desert-island","tag-hillside","tag-lichens","tag-mammals","tag-rocks","tag-rocky","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush","tag-spring","tag-standing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t