{"id":31061,"date":"2015-10-25T06:33:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T12:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=31061"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:22:33","slug":"a-snow-storm-and-a-wandering-coyote-three-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/10\/25\/a-snow-storm-and-a-wandering-coyote-three-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Storm and a Wandering Coyote Three Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SnowySnowy weather ahead on Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah – Nikon D200, f4.2, 1\/2000,\u00a0 ISO 320, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 38mm, natural light
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Three years ago today snow was falling in the Salt Lake Valley, Frary Peak on Antelope Island State Park was white and snow squalls were making their way over Farmington Bay WMA. Even though the light was cruddy I was out there trying to find birds or animals in the falling snow.<\/p>\n

I saw a Coyote on the island in driving snow but most of the birds were hunkered down trying to get through the weather.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote in fresh snow – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000,\u00a0 ISO 1000, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR at 328mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Along the causeway on the way off of the island there was a single Coyote walking the shoreline in the snow looking for falcon leftovers. It did find two falcon kills and nibbled on those for a bit before heading east.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote and snow along the causeway – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/1600,\u00a0 ISO 1000, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

There wasn’t as much snow along the causeway as there was at higher elevations on the island but I always enjoy being able to photograph Coyotes and snow together. This winter I hope there is snow so I can do just that.<\/p>\n

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\"Weather

Weather map for October 25, 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Today’s forecast is just as gray as it was three years ago but there won’t be snow in the valley. Just clouds.<\/p>\n

But life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia

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

Three years ago today snow was falling in the Salt Lake Valley, Frary Peak on Antelope Island State Park was white and snow squalls were making their way over Farmington Bay WMA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170146,"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":[511,100,1022,26],"tags":[733,4002,156,4035,4050,4695,4032],"class_list":["post-31061","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-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-low-light-2","tag-nature-photography","tag-snow","tag-snow-squalls","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-mia-mcpherson-2612.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-84Z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9718,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/10\/05\/it-snowed-in-the-salt-lake-valley-yesterday\/","url_meta":{"origin":31061,"position":0},"title":"It Snowed In The Salt Lake Valley Yesterday…","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"And it won't be long before I am photographing wildlife in drifts of snow and birds on perches covered in white.","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":"Coyote running in the snow on Antelope Island SP, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-winter-mia-mcpherson-4708.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-winter-mia-mcpherson-4708.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-winter-mia-mcpherson-4708.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-winter-mia-mcpherson-4708.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6965,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/30\/600th-post-an-antelope-island-snow-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":31061,"position":1},"title":"600th post – An Antelope Island Snow Day","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I wanted to share a few images taken two days ago when Antelope Island was covered with a fresh snow fall. 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