{"id":6431,"date":"2012-10-26T05:32:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T11:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6431"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:18:48","slug":"snow-on-antelope-island-and-more-coyotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/26\/snow-on-antelope-island-and-more-coyotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow On Antelope Island And More Coyotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AntelopeAntelope Island under heavy clouds – Nikon D200, handheld, f4.8, 1\/1500, ISO 320, +1.0, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 50mm, natural light<\/p>\n

This is what Antelope Island looked like yesterday from the causeway to the island, there were heavy clouds but the island was lit up by the sun coming through a sucker hole.<\/p>\n

The sucker hole didn’t last long and the light left the island soon after I took this image. While on the island large wet flakes of snow fell along with periods of rain but it was nice to be out, I hadn’t taken any images in 6 days.<\/p>\n

There weren’t many birds close enough to photograph but I did spot several Coyotes.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote in blowing snow – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/160, ISO 1000, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve wanted to capture images of a Coyote in blowing snow for a while now and I did get the chance yesterday. I really wish the foreground vegetation hadn’t been in the way of a clear view of the Coyote. \u00a0I love the falling snow in this frame though I am just not sure this image works. What do you think?<\/p>\n

\"PeeingPeeing Coyote \u2013 A little privacy? – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 1000, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 328mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

While on the way home I spotted this Coyote along the causeway. The Coyote had been searching for falcon leftovers along the shore and took a small break to urinate on the muddy shoreline.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote munching on falcon leftovers – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/2000, ISO 1000, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

I shared an image in my post yesterday of a Coyote eating falcon leftovers<\/a>, I didn’t know that just a few hours later I would be taking more images of another Coyote eating leftovers on the shoreline.<\/p>\n

I took hundreds of images of this Coyote yesterday, probably more than I needed to but the light and location changed often and I wanted to be sure to get sharp images of the action.<\/p>\n

I’ll share more images of this Coyote<\/span><\/a> later, for now the skies are clear and I need to get ready to go out into the field and find more amazing subjects!<\/p>\n

Life is 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’ve wanted to capture images of a Coyote in blowing snow for a while now and I did get the chance yesterday, I really wish the foreground vegetation hadn’t been in the way of a clear view of the Coyote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173832,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,100,26],"tags":[431,1926,733,4002,3981,4493,4005,4495,519,4035,1927,102,4032,373],"class_list":["post-6431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-coyotes","category-utah","tag-antelope-island-causeway","tag-blowing-snow","tag-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-davis-county","tag-falcon-leftovers","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-heavy-clouds","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-peeing","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-clouds-mia-mcpherson-3201.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1FJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31061,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/10\/25\/a-snow-storm-and-a-wandering-coyote-three-years-ago-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":6431,"position":0},"title":"Snow Storm and a Wandering Coyote Three Years Ago Today","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","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 and snow along the causeway, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-mia-mcpherson-2612.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-mia-mcpherson-2612.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-mia-mcpherson-2612.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-snow-mia-mcpherson-2612.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":6431,"position":1},"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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