{"id":9264,"date":"2013-08-25T03:40:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T09:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9264"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:02:03","slug":"coyote-aka-the-prairie-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/08\/25\/coyote-aka-the-prairie-wolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote aka The Prairie Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coyotes are among my favorite mammals even though I know a great many people fear or hate them. I know they belong, I know they help to keep nature in balance and that their foothold is as strong as mine is on this gorgeous planet.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote in low light<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the nicknames for a Coyote is the “Prairie Wolf” and like wolves; they can be very efficient hunters. This Coyote strolled along the causeway to Antelope Island hunting as it went and caught several voles while I photographed it.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote eating a vole – Num num num<\/span><\/p>\n

I wouldn’t care for a breakfast of a furry vole but the Coyote sure loved it. The light was low enough that I could not completely freeze the motion of the vole’s tail wiggling in the Coyote’s jaw but I like this image anyway.<\/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":"

One of the nicknames for a Coyote is the “Prairie Wolf” and like wolves; they can be very efficient hunters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141600,"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":[511,100,26,99],"tags":[4004,431,733,4142,4002,11978,4286,4143,519,4035,4046,2315,4290,102,4032],"class_list":["post-9264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-coyotes","category-utah","category-wildlife","tag-adult","tag-antelope-island-causeway","tag-canis-latrans","tag-close-up","tag-coyote","tag-desert-island","tag-eating","tag-head-shot","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-portrait","tag-summer-3","tag-vole","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/coyote-portrait-mia-mcpherson-0696.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-2pq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3051,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/09\/02\/friday-photos-coyote-in-a-prairie-grassland\/","url_meta":{"origin":9264,"position":0},"title":"Friday Photos – Coyote In A Prairie Grassland","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Coyotes and wolves help to cull out the sick and weak animals in herds of deer, antelope and elk which in turn can help to keep those herds in better health","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's piercing stare as it hunts in the grasses of Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/coyote-antelope-island-mia-mcpherson-4092.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-antelope-island-mia-mcpherson-4092.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/coyote-antelope-island-mia-mcpherson-4092.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/coyote-antelope-island-mia-mcpherson-4092.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6638,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/24\/coyotes-the-song-dog\/","url_meta":{"origin":9264,"position":1},"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":5901,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/12\/coyote-pup-in-prairie-grasses\/","url_meta":{"origin":9264,"position":2},"title":"Coyote Pup in Prairie Grasses","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I simply could not resist posting this gorgeous Coyote pup that I photographed today even though I posted another one recently. 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