Coyote ‘Canis latrans’

As humans keep encroaching and building into more of our open spaces, coyotes are adapting to find food in urban areas. I took this photo of a coyote in Rice Canyon Open Space Preserve. She is predominantly light gray and fulvous (dull orange, brownish-yellow in color), interspersed with black and white. The Kumeyaay name for coyote is hatpaa.