{"id":438,"date":"2010-08-22T14:17:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T20:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=438"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:11:38","slug":"lazy-coyote-in-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/08\/22\/lazy-coyote-in-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazy Coyote In Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lazy<\/p>\n

A lazy Coyote in Utah –\u00a0\u00a0D200, f9, 1\/1500, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

On a chilly March morning I went out looking for birds to photograph on Antelope Island State Park. I wasn’t having much luck in the bird department so I went down the road looking for something to photograph.<\/p>\n

I almost missed seeing this Coyote (Canis latrans<\/em>) and had to back up the vehicle to take a few photos.<\/p>\n

The Coyote was laying down on a small hill and at first it barely lifted its head and still appeared to be dozing in the morning sunlight.\u00a0\u00a0The Coyote laid there with its eyes barely open for a few frames when another vehicle passed by on the road.<\/p>\n

After the vehicle passed the coyote slowly stood up.\u00a0 I missed some shots where the coyote would have been closer because there was a gate to a dirt road between me and the coyote.<\/p>\n

So even though I got skunked for photographing birds, I lucked out when I spotted this lazy, or sleepy, Coyote.<\/p>\n

Coyotes in my experience are difficult to get close to because people used to shoot them. Some states still allow it.<\/p>\n

Coyotes<\/span><\/a> mainly consume small animals and carrion but because they do occasionally kill livestock, pets, and game animals they are considered pests by many.<\/p>\n

Me, I still love to see them loping along, wild and free.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

We almost missed this Coyote and had to back up the vehicle to take a few photos. The coyote was laying down on a small hill and at first it barely lifted its head and still appeared to be dozing in the morning sunlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[511,100,26],"tags":[4004,733,4002,3347,3981,11978,4109,295,5371,165,4032],"class_list":["post-438","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-coyote","tag-coyotes","tag-davis-county","tag-desert-island","tag-grasses","tag-lazy","tag-sleepy","tag-spring","tag-wildlife-photography"],"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