{"id":103343,"date":"2021-10-14T06:28:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T12:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=103343"},"modified":"2021-10-14T08:14:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:14:19","slug":"coyote-lying-down-and-then-resting-on-the-shore-at-sunrise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/14\/coyote-lying-down-and-then-resting-on-the-shore-at-sunrise\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote Lying Down And Then Resting On The Shore At Sunrise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even mundane moments like this one can be pretty special when a wild animal allows us such an intimate look into their world.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

In June of 2015 I found a pair of coyotes returning to Antelope Island after an apparent night of hunting along the causeway (back in the days when there was something to hunt on the causeway). These photos were taken immediately after sunrise so the colors are extremely warm, perhaps too warm for some viewers. But they’re accurately represented in these photos so I didn’t tone them down during processing. Besides, the warm light plays an integral role in this story.<\/p>\n

I was quite close to the coyotes so I had to switch to my smaller zoom lens. With a vehicle this close to them even the coyotes of Antelope Island would usually show signs of nervousness but these two (I’m not including photos of the second coyote) were acting as if I wasn’t even there. They just went about their business.<\/p>\n

After a long night of hunting this one decided it was time for a rest in the warmth of the rising sun so ‘he’ began to lie down right next to the shore of the Great Salt Lake. .<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He took his time about it as he used his long front legs to slowly extend his body into a comfortable position on the wet sandy mud..<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

And then he just laid there, deliberately broadside to the sun and facing it, in a primal behavior that coyotes have been using for millennia to warm up after a cold night.<\/p>\n

I love this pose in the very warm light, in part because it reminds me of a German Shepherd warming peacefully near the hearth of a roaring fireplace. The link between wild and domestic behaviors becomes obvious.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Even mundane moments like this one can be pretty special when a wild animal allows us such an intimate look into their world.<\/p>\n

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