{"id":9343,"date":"2013-09-01T03:44:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T09:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9343"},"modified":"2026-02-21T05:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:54:20","slug":"two-generations-of-coyotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/01\/two-generations-of-coyotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Generations Of Coyotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AnAn older Coyote walking the Antelope Island Causeway<\/span><\/p>\n

A few days ago after photographing hummingbirds on Antelope Island I spotted two Coyotes along the causeway, it was obvious from the start that one was older and one was a youngster.<\/p>\n

I’m not completely sure but the Coyote above might be the one I call Scar Face. The older Coyote squinted in the bright sun and kept its ears down the whole time. It just seemed to lack interest in almost everything, it paid me no attention at all.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote from the younger generation<\/span><\/p>\n

The younger Coyote was smaller than the older one, probably a pup from this year and not quite as pale either. It did pay more attention to me and its surroundings.<\/p>\n

\"YoungYoung Coyote on the edge of the Great Salt Lake<\/span><\/p>\n

It moved along the rocks near the causeway, last year the water of the Great Salt Lake nearly covered these rocks but because of the drought we have had this year the water is receding further and further from the causeway. We really could use more rain.<\/p>\n

\"YoungYoung Coyote and its pale eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

This young Coyote had very pale eyes, at times they almost looked like they were an extremely light blue (most likely a reflection of the clear blue sky overhead) but they are a creamy pale yellow.<\/p>\n

\"YoungYoung Coyote sniffing a boulder<\/span><\/p>\n

At one point the young Coyote seemed to be heading directly my way and was approaching the road. It may have been curious about me but not long after it sniffed this boulder a bicyclist zoomed up the road and the coyote retreated.<\/p>\n

\"YawningYawning young Coyote<\/span><\/p>\n

Looks like the Coyote was hacking up a bone or something in the image above but it was really just yawning. After photographing fast moving, darting hummingbirds earlier that day the Coyotes seemed gigantic and slow moving but I’ll photograph them every chance I get because I am so fond of Coyotes.<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy these young Coyote<\/span><\/a> images and the image of the adult too!<\/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":"

A few days ago after photographing hummingbirds on Antelope Island I spotted two Coyotes along the causeway, it was obvious from the start that one was an adult and one a young Coyote. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169821,"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":[511,100,1022,26],"tags":[4004,733,4002,3347,3981,4005,2339,2338,343,102,340,4193],"class_list":["post-9343","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-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-coyotes","tag-davis-county","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-mud-flats","tag-old","tag-photography","tag-wildlife","tag-yawning","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-young-yawning-mia-mcpherson-3105.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-2qH","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":9343,"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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