WESTMINSTER COLORADO-2015: A Male Mallard Duck Swimming Solo in the Water
About this clip
A male mallard duck glides calmly across a quiet body of water in this 2015 home movie footage from Westminster, Colorado. The clip captures the duck’s graceful movements as it swims solo, its brown feathers and vibrant green head catching the light. The natural, meandering motion and serene water reflections evoke a peaceful, contemplative mood. This authentic slice of wildlife footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into a quiet moment in nature, perfect for nature documentaries, ambient B-roll, or reflective storytelling.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Useful for wildlife documentary B-roll, Colorado nature edits, agency mood reels, or quiet social cuts needing a single duck moving across open water.
- Edit role
- The short 6-second runtime works as a calm cutaway, transition beat, or reflective insert between busier outdoor scenes.
- Visual details
- A brown mallard-type duck floats alone on blue water, with warm side light catching its patterned feathers, small ripples around the body, a soft reflection below, and no people visible.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.264 MP4
- File size
- 43 MB
- Location
- Westminster, Colorado, United States
- Year filmed
- 2015
- Published
- Feb 2015
Still Frames From This Clip
3 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.
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