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Large Group Of Birds On Beach Run Away From (Huntington Beach, 2020)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Huntington Beach, California, United States 2020
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About this clip

A group of birds on the sandy shore of Huntington Beach, California in 2020 suddenly take flight in a flurry of motion as they flee from an unseen disturbance.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary cutaways, California coast travel edits, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing shorebirds reacting at Huntington Beach.
Edit role
Works as a short insert, transition beat, or natural sound cutaway showing a flock shifting along the surf line before the edit moves back to surfers, waves, or beach coverage.
Visual details
Small shorebirds cluster on wet sand beside foamy waves, with dark blue evening light, blurred motion in the flock, scattered seaweed on the beach, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
A ground-level beach composition keeps the birds in the lower band of frame, the breaking surf in the midground, and the ocean foam filling the background.

Tags

birdsbeachoceanwavessandlargegroupcrashedshoreanimalswildlifehuntington BEACH californiadigitalabstractstock videofootage

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
32 MB
Location
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Year filmed
2020
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

A flock of small shorebirds spreads across wet sand at Huntington Beach while white surf breaks behind them, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the flock concentrated along the waterline as the surf approaches. (0:00)
Small birds gather and blur in motion near a narrow strip of wet sand at Huntington Beach, with foamy ocean water filling the background and no visible people.
This frame captures the birds bunched close to the surf before the group spreads out. (0:01)
The flock stretches across the wet shoreline at Huntington Beach as darker birds move in front of a band of white waves, with no visible people.
The frame shows the group moving laterally across the surf line in a busy wildlife beat. (0:02)
A thinner line of shorebirds runs along Huntington Beach sand below churning gray-blue surf, with no visible people or built structures.
This moment gives editors a wider-feeling cutaway of the birds against rougher water texture. (0:03)

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