{"id":6677,"date":"2012-11-30T03:55:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T10:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6677"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:07:14","slug":"coyote-on-a-great-salt-lake-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/30\/coyote-on-a-great-salt-lake-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote On A Great Salt Lake Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CoyoteCoyote on a Great Salt Lake beach – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 328mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope that no one is getting sick of my Coyotes images. I took this Coyote photo two days ago as it walked on a Great Salt Lake beach.<\/p>\n

The Coyote tried to sneak up on some Canada Geese out closer to the shoreline but they became aware of the Coyote<\/span><\/a> after the phragmites thinned out, the behavior was very interesting to observe.<\/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

I’ve made a lot of progress getting my new computer set up so things should be back to normal soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I hope that no one is getting sick of my Coyotes images. I took this Coyote photo two days ago as it walked on a Great Salt Lake beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169652,"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":[511,100,26],"tags":[4004,970,4039,733,4002,3347,3981,11978,4620,4005,519,4035,4149,30,102,4032],"class_list":["post-6677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-coyotes","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-beach","tag-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-coyotes","tag-davis-county","tag-desert-island","tag-fall","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-oolitic-sand","tag-utah-2","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-beach-mia-mcpherson-2700.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1JH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14457,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/02\/27\/coyotes-on-the-antelope-island-state-park-causeway\/","url_meta":{"origin":6677,"position":0},"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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