A trot?
Yep, a trot describes it very well. I’m a “city” girl, and describing animals gaits escapes me. But that’s the perfect word.
We’re very fortunate...we live in the middle of the city, but near a large lake/nature preserve, and a golf course with lots of small lakes (or big water hazards, LOL.)
We have so much wildlife for being in the middle of the city, and the variety of birds: eagles, osprey, roseate spoonbills, woodstorks, egrits, heron, ibis, etc. So when I look out my window, I feel like I’m in the country (if that word can apply to Florida woodlands.)
Coyotes have brought a new excitement...we’ve been living with gators for years that we regularly see on the banks of the water hazards, and occasionally one might crawl into your back yard, so seeing a gator is no big deal...but when the coyotes “came to town” it made nature watching a little more interesting (and we’re early risers so I think that’s why we’ve seen them more than some other folks because we see them returning from a night on the prowl.)