Although they also feed on carrion (they like to cannibalize the corpses of individuals of the same species), they obtain most of their food by hunting alone. About 90% of their prey are mice and rabbits. Birds, snakes, foxes, opossums, raccoons, and young of larger mammals are less common prey.
Coyotes also eat fruits and berries as a supplemental food. In winter and spring, coyotes eat large amounts of grass, such as green wheat stalks.
