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\"AutumnAutumn Coyote from a long distance – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday I spotted a Coyote in poor light at Farmington Bay WMA that reminded me of a recent photo I took of a Coyote there in late November. The Coyote was a long way out on the flats that should be covered in water but due to our ongoing drought is dry this autumn.<\/p>\n

When I took this photo I felt sad because it has been a long time since I have had a “Song Dog” up close in my viewfinder. I appreciate Coyotes but they have a bounty on their heads in the state of Utah. Outside of Antelope Island State Park and the causeway to it I’ve found them to be extremely skittish and challenging to photograph. This one seemed nervous even though it was probably more than half a mile away and without my long lens looked like a speck in the vegetation.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Coyote walking on a dry lake bed – 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 I first moved to Utah I used to see coyotes on Antelope Island practically every time I went there. That is no longer the case. I may see one of these beautiful apex predators once in ten to fifteen trips to the island and I haven’t been close to one out there in years.<\/p>\n

During the fall and winter I also used to photograph coyotes wandering along the 7 mile causeway that goes to and from the island. The coyotes would look for prey that Prairie and Peregrine Falcon didn’t eat and they would consume their leftovers.<\/p>\n

But the lake has dried up, the birds aren’t close to the causeway, I don’t see Prairie and Peregrine Falcons there much any more because their prey isn’t there and I rarely see coyotes patrolling the causeway like I used to.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it hurts to remember what is used to be like when there was more water in the Great Salt Lake. I miss seeing the coyotes along the shoreline.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good but it can be sad too. So much has changed since I moved here 12 years ago.<\/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 I spotted a Coyote in poor light at Farmington Bay WMA that reminded me of a recent photo I took of a Coyote there in late November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[511,100,1022,697,26],"tags":[4004,431,970,733,4002,3347,12567,4620,5672,4005,1632,4094,6973,10125,4043,4236],"class_list":["post-97824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-coyotes","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-antelope-island-causeway","tag-autumn","tag-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-coyotes","tag-dry-lake-bed","tag-fall","tag-flats","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-mammals","tag-marsh","tag-playa","tag-sad","tag-small-in-frame","tag-walking"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coyote-autumn-marsh-mia-mcpherson-5757.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-prO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6677,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/30\/coyote-on-a-great-salt-lake-beach\/","url_meta":{"origin":97824,"position":0},"title":"Coyote On A Great Salt Lake Beach","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I hope that no one is getting sick of my Coyotes images. 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