{"id":11662,"date":"2013-12-08T04:35:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T11:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=11662"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T14:46:02","slug":"coyote-in-a-whiteout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/12\/08\/coyote-in-a-whiteout\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote In A Whiteout"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CoyoteCoyote in a whiteout – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 640, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR\u00a0with 1.4x TC at 264mm, natural light, not called in or baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Much of North America has seen snow, ice, extremely cold temperatures and whiteout conditions the last few days. Here in the Sat Lake Valley of Utah it has been snowing since early yesterday morning and it is still coming down.<\/p>\n

All of the snow we have now reminded me of being on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> last January and photographing birds and Coyotes in near whiteout conditions.<\/p>\n

I am fairly certain that conditions on the island this morning will be pretty much the same with plenty of snow on the ground and low light because of heavy clouds overhead.<\/p>\n

This Coyote and its mate were hunting for voles when I photographed them in the whiteout and it was so quiet that I could hear the snow crunch as the Coyote moved.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

All of the snow we have now reminded me of being on Antelope Island State Park last January and photographing birds and Coyotes in near whiteout conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,100,26,99],"tags":[4004,733,4002,3347,3981,11978,1123,3970,156,519,4035,4813,102,4032],"class_list":["post-11662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-coyotes","category-utah","category-wildlife","tag-adult","tag-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-coyotes","tag-davis-county","tag-desert-island","tag-high-key-2","tag-hunting","tag-low-light-2","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-whiteout","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-whiteout-mia-mcpherson-4878.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-326","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":98765,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/01\/08\/high-key-coyote-in-a-winter-whiteout\/","url_meta":{"origin":11662,"position":0},"title":"High Key Coyote In A Winter Whiteout","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Quite a few winters ago when seeing Coyotes on Antelope Island was more routine than rare I photographed this Coyote in snowy whiteout conditions on the island.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"High key Coyote in a winter whiteout, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/coyote-high-key-whiteout-snowy-mia-mcpherson-4811.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/coyote-high-key-whiteout-snowy-mia-mcpherson-4811.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/coyote-high-key-whiteout-snowy-mia-mcpherson-4811.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/coyote-high-key-whiteout-snowy-mia-mcpherson-4811.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9441,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/18\/snow-stalker-coyote\/","url_meta":{"origin":11662,"position":1},"title":"Snow Stalker – Coyote","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Something about seeing this Coyote gave me hope for the human race despite how humans have tried to eradicate them for North America because to me they symbolize resilience","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Snow Stalker - 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