{"id":49230,"date":"2017-11-01T05:14:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T11:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=49230"},"modified":"2025-03-11T05:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T10:42:59","slug":"early-morning-coyote-and-the-great-salt-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/11\/01\/early-morning-coyote-and-the-great-salt-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Morning Coyote and the Great Salt Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday an early morning session with a Coyote, the Great Salt Lake and some rocks made my day, I was so very happy to photograph the “Song Dog”.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote on the shore of the Great Salt Lake just after dawn – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/125, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven’t seen as many coyotes as I used to on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> or the causeway to it the past couple years and I have missed photographing them.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote on rocks in the Great Salt Lake – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

After I spotted and pointed out this gorgeous Coyote, my joy of photographing the canid in this beautiful setting washed over me.<\/p>\n

The light wasn’t the best because the sun hadn’t fully risen over the Wasatch Mountains to the east but I didn’t care because the Coyote was there and so was I.<\/p>\n

\"Coyote,Coyote, the Great Salt Lake and a pile of rocks – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

The warm colors of the Coyote and the rocks it was standing on contrasted nicely with the cool tones of the water in the Great Salt Lake and there was enough light to make the coyote’s golden eyes glow.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote walking on rocks next to the Great Salt Lake – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

The Coyote checked out the rocky area slowly which gave me time to take plenty of photos of it, several hundred actually.<\/p>\n

\"LoneLone Coyote in dawn’s early light – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/250, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a little more water in the Great Salt Lake right now than there has been in a while and I am glad that the water was close to these rocks, the photo looks so much better in my opinion than it would have had the water not reached the rocks.<\/p>\n

\"Coyote'sCoyote’s stare – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/200, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

When the Coyote looked up and stared in my direction I felt connected to it. I admire them, I treasure them and I am always glad to have them in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote leaving the rocks next to the Great Salt Lake – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/200, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Coyote walked around the rocky area it started to head towards the island and it walked in that direction.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote walking on the flats of the Great Salt Lake – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/200, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

The coyote’s foot shows a bit of motion blur in this image and in the first image at the top of this post but I really don’t mind that much at all, I was just so delighted to have the Coyote in my view finder.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Yesterday an early morning session with a Coyote, the Great Salt Lake and some rocks made my day, I was so very happy to photograph the “Song Dog”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,100,1022,26],"tags":[733,4002,4224,4005,5646,6204,4470,4891,6205,4236],"class_list":["post-49230","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-early-morning","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-lake-bed","tag-pre-dawn","tag-rocks","tag-shore","tag-stare","tag-walking"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/coyote-rocks-lake-mia-mcpherson-4916.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-cO2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6638,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/24\/coyotes-the-song-dog\/","url_meta":{"origin":49230,"position":0},"title":"Coyotes – The Song Dog","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Not long after arriving at Antelope Island yesterday I heard the sound of Coyotes singing, it is a sound that always brings a smile to my lips and delights me.","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 strolling on the Great Salt Lake shoreline, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/coyote-great-salt-lake-1-mia-mcpherson-1783.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/coyote-great-salt-lake-1-mia-mcpherson-1783.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/coyote-great-salt-lake-1-mia-mcpherson-1783.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/coyote-great-salt-lake-1-mia-mcpherson-1783.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2066,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/03\/11\/coyote-on-the-shore-of-the-great-salt-lake\/","url_meta":{"origin":49230,"position":1},"title":"Coyote On The Shore Of The Great Salt Lake","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This Coyote still has its winter coat but before long it will shed it for the sleeker summer coat.","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 on the go with the Great Salt Lake in the background, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-antelope-run-great-salt-lake-mia-mcpherson-9049.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-antelope-run-great-salt-lake-mia-mcpherson-9049.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-antelope-run-great-salt-lake-mia-mcpherson-9049.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-antelope-run-great-salt-lake-mia-mcpherson-9049.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14457,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/02\/27\/coyotes-on-the-antelope-island-state-park-causeway\/","url_meta":{"origin":49230,"position":2},"title":"Coyotes on the Antelope Island State Park Causeway","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting the day photographing Coyotes always makes me want to howl with delight. 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