Over half of a coyote's diet are rodents like gophers, squirrels, and mice. They also eat rabbits, hares, grasshoppers, and other insects, frogs, salamanders, snakes, fish, birds, and eggs.
The reputation of the coyote as a predator of big game and livestock is exaggerated.
Road kill, carrion, and injured animals are also eaten. Berries, nuts, and grasses are sometimes consumed.