{"id":3945,"date":"2012-01-03T20:29:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T02:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:25:05","slug":"a-coyote-and-falcon-leftovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/01\/03\/a-coyote-and-falcon-leftovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote And Falcon Leftovers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Coyote\u00a0Coyote with duck wing in front of a pile of ice – Shoreline of the Great Salt Lake ~ Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 800, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC 230mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I had a marvelous photographic experience with Coyote with falcon leftovers along the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake last week. Today I want to share some of the images that I created.<\/p>\n

The temperatures have fluctuated often the past few weeks in the Salt Lake Valley, for a while it was very cold and the Great Salt Lake became covered with ice.<\/p>\n

Then it warmed up and the wind blew huge sheets of the ice onto the shoreline where it piled up in some areas at least four feet high. After that we had a freeze that left everything frosty the morning I took these images.<\/p>\n

\"Coyote\u00a0Coyote eating prey in front of slabs of ice –\u00a0 Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 800, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 315mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I watched as the Coyote walked the shoreline of the lake until it stopped and picked up something with feathers and started to eat it.<\/p>\n

The Coyote hadn’t caught the duck, its dismembered carcass was laying\u00a0 in the frosty vegetation.<\/p>\n

I had seen Prairie and Peregrine Falcons feeding on ducks in the same location and the only thing they ate was the body of the ducks so I am presuming that the Coyote was feasting on the falcon leftovers which consisted of wings and possibly legs.<\/p>\n

\"Coyote\u00a0Coyote with duck feathers on the shore of the Great Salt Lake –\u00a0Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 800, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 315mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The Coyote didn’t seemed at all concerned with being observed while it ate but it did keep its eyes facing towards me most of the time. It also consumed almost all of the feathers, I only saw the longest feathers fall to the ground.<\/p>\n

\"Coyote\u00a0Coyote after finishing eating one of the falcon leftovers –\u00a0Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/500, ISO 800, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC 315mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I really like how this one small feather stuck to the side of the Coyote’s mouth even while it was licking its lips.<\/p>\n

\"Ack!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Ack! Coyote with a feather on their tongue –\u00a0Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/500, ISO 800, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 315mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I must admit I felt a little squeamish while watching the Coyote eat, not because of the blood, bones or that the food was a duck but because\u00a0I kept imagining how those feathers must feel in my throat.<\/p>\n

\"Coyote\u00a0Coyote hunting the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake –\u00a0Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/400, ISO 800, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 280mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

As I recall the Coyote found and ate 3 of the left over duck bodies but it also pounced and leapt into the grasses, after voles I believe though I didn’t see it catch one.<\/p>\n

\"Stalking\u00a0Stalking Coyote on the shore of the Great Salt Lake –\u00a0 Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 800, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 220mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Coyotes are efficient hunters and they also appear to be very beneficial in cleaning up leftovers, plus I believe they are extremely interesting critters too.<\/p>\n

I’m so very, very happy I spotted and pointed this Coyote out.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> 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 had a marvelous photographic experience with Coyote with falcon leftovers along the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169524,"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":[511,100,1022,1144,26],"tags":[431,733,4002,3347,3981,4286,4279,368,4005,3970,4064,1146,1145,4188,4118,30,373],"class_list":["post-3945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-coyotes","category-davis-county-utah","category-great-salt-lake-utah","category-utah","tag-antelope-island-causeway","tag-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-coyotes","tag-davis-county","tag-eating","tag-falcons","tag-frosty","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-hunting","tag-ice","tag-ice-packs","tag-leftovers","tag-shoreline","tag-stalking","tag-utah-2","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-hunting-mia-mcpherson-1364.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-11D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3976,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/01\/09\/more-coyote-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":3945,"position":0},"title":"More Coyote Fun","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week I posted some fun images of a Coyote with Falcon leftovers taken along the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake with piles of ice in the background. 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