{"id":44784,"date":"2017-02-05T06:06:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T13:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=44784"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:57:55","slug":"coyote-and-a-vole-on-a-dreary-winter-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/02\/05\/coyote-and-a-vole-on-a-dreary-winter-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote and a Vole on a Dreary Winter Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CoyoteCoyote about to pounce on a vole – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/500, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 200mm, natural light, not baited or called in
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Three years ago today it was dreary and cold but I was out in the field looking for birds and wildlife to photograph despite the cruddy weather. I did not see many birds that wintry day but I did have fun photographing a Coyote hunting, catching and consuming a vole in low light conditions.<\/p>\n

I was able to photograph the Coyote as it was about to pounce on a vole under the snow.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote with a vole in its teeth – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/500, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 200mm, natural light, not baited or called in <\/span><\/p>\n

And as it held the vole gingerly with its teeth, until the vole is dead those little rodents can bite the coyote’s mouth and I know that is a fact because I have seen it happen.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote dropping a vole – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/500, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 200mm, natural light, not baited or called in <\/span><\/p>\n

And it appeared to have happened that day too because the Coyote dropped the vole and I caught it falling to the ground with my camera. The vole was eventually eaten…<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote hunting on the snow covered lake bed – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 235mm, natural light, not baited or called in <\/span><\/p>\n

And the Coyote continued to hunt for more voles on the snow covered lake bed. The Coyote was my best subject that day. I haven’t photographed them much lately because when I have spotted them they have been too far away to obtain high quality images of them. I miss seeing the Song Dogs close enough to photograph.<\/p>\n

As I said on my previous post about this Coyote<\/span><\/a>: One Coyote + one low light winter morning + camera in hand = 1 happy Mia<\/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 did not see many birds that dreary day but I did have fun photographing a Coyote hunting, catching and consuming a vole in low light conditions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170157,"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":[511,100,1022,26],"tags":[4004,431,733,4002,3347,4005,3970,5646,156,2339,5647,5648,4050,4328,5649,4290,373],"class_list":["post-44784","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-adult","tag-antelope-island-causeway","tag-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-coyotes","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-hunting","tag-lake-bed","tag-low-light-2","tag-mud-flats","tag-pounce","tag-pouncing","tag-snow","tag-snowy","tag-song-dogs","tag-vole","tag-winter"],"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