{"id":15163,"date":"2014-06-07T06:38:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T12:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15163"},"modified":"2026-02-21T13:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:32:43","slug":"lone-coyote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/06\/07\/lone-coyote\/","title":{"rendered":"Lone Coyote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-169899 size-full\" title=\"Lone Coyote portrait, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-portrait-mia-mcpherson-6309.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-portrait-mia-mcpherson-6309.jpg\" alt=\"Lone Coyote portrait, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"688\" data-id=\"15162\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27688%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20688%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27688%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-portrait-mia-mcpherson-6309-200x162.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-portrait-mia-mcpherson-6309-400x324.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-portrait-mia-mcpherson-6309-600x486.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-portrait-mia-mcpherson-6309-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-portrait-mia-mcpherson-6309.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Lone Coyote portrait &#8211; Nikon D300, f5.6, 1\/2000\u00a0 ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC \u00a0at 400mm, natural light, not baited or called in <\/span><\/p>\n<p>I slept late this morning, until just after 6 am and that is really late for me. It has been a hectic week and I hope that some of those bumps I hit have leveled out.<\/p>\n<p>So I am sharing a portrait of a lone Coyote that I took as this lovely creature foraged for food along the Antelope Island Causeway. I hope it headed back to the island where it is safe for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/42051-Canis-latrans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Coyotes<\/span><\/a> and not off of the island where it wouldn&#8217;t be.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/coyote-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Coyote photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sharing a portrait of a lone Coyote that I took as this lovely creature foraged for food along the Antelope Island Causeway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169899,"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],"tags":[4004,733,4142,4002,3347,11978,6915,4046,165],"class_list":["post-15163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-coyotes","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-canis-latrans","tag-close-up","tag-coyote","tag-coyotes","tag-desert-island","tag-lone","tag-portrait","tag-spring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-portrait-mia-mcpherson-6309.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3Wz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14222,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/02\/06\/a-lone-coyote-on-the-shore-of-the-great-salt-lake\/","url_meta":{"origin":15163,"position":0},"title":"Lone Coyote On The Shore Of The Great Salt Lake","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There are times when one subject will make my day in the field worthwhile, yesterday it was a lone Coyote hunting for voles on the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antelope Island State Park&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coyote in a pounce position, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/coyote-mia-mcpherson-8415.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/coyote-mia-mcpherson-8415.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/coyote-mia-mcpherson-8415.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/coyote-mia-mcpherson-8415.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14802,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/04\/21\/portraits-of-a-coyote\/","url_meta":{"origin":15163,"position":1},"title":"Portraits Of A Coyote","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"These Coyote portraits were created yesterday morning after finding the Coyote hunting voles along the causeway to Antelope Island State Park.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antelope Island State Park&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A Noble Beast - 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They are amazing adaptable creatures who help to keep nature in balance.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antelope Island State Park&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coyote running in a fog along the Great Salt Lake, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-running-fog-mia-mcpherson-1314.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-running-fog-mia-mcpherson-1314.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-running-fog-mia-mcpherson-1314.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-running-fog-mia-mcpherson-1314.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7644,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/02\/26\/coyote-on-a-snow-covered-hillside\/","url_meta":{"origin":15163,"position":4},"title":"Coyote On A Snow Covered Hillside","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I spotted this lone Coyote walking in the snow on a hillside on Antelope Island State Park and stopped to take some images of it before it disappeared into the brush.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antelope Island State Park&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coyote on a snow covered hillside, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-hill-mia-mcpherson-8782.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-hill-mia-mcpherson-8782.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-hill-mia-mcpherson-8782.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-hill-mia-mcpherson-8782.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9264,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/08\/25\/coyote-aka-the-prairie-wolf\/","url_meta":{"origin":15163,"position":5},"title":"Coyote aka The Prairie Wolf","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the nicknames for a Coyote is the \"Prairie Wolf\" and like wolves; 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