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A Large Waterbird Floating On The Ocean Flaps Its Wings (El Cardoncito, 2020)

8s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife El Cardoncito, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2020
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About this clip

The bird flaps its wings gently as waves ripple around it under bright daylight. Green algae and seawater create a natural, aquatic backdrop, capturing a serene moment of wildlife in its natural habitat. The footage offers a candid, authentic glimpse of coastal life, ideal for nature documentaries, environmental content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, coastal travel edits, environmental brand films, or social cuts needing a lone waterbird over clear green-blue ocean in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
Works as a short cutaway or quiet transition beat between shoreline coverage, giving an editor a simple overhead wildlife moment with open water around the subject.
Visual details
A single large waterbird appears small in a wide overhead view of turquoise seawater, with subtle darker algae patches, faint wave texture, bright daylight, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an aerial overhead composition, likely from a DJI drone, holding the bird within a broad field of open water without a visible horizon or shoreline.

Tags

seawatergreenalgaeaquaticdaylightwavesfeathersswimminglargewaterbirdfloatingoceanflapswingstakesflightanimalswildlifeEL cardoncito BCS mexico

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
8s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
97 MB
Location
El Cardoncito, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2020
Published
Oct 2020

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 small waterbird sits near the center of a wide overhead turquoise ocean frame in El Cardoncito, Baja California Sur, with faint darker algae patches and no visible people.
The opening frame places the lone waterbird inside a broad field of clear green-blue seawater. (0:00)
The waterbird remains small and centered in an overhead view of green-blue ocean water in El Cardoncito, with soft underwater color variation and no visible people.
This frame gives editors a clean overhead wildlife insert with open water on all sides. (0:01)
A distant waterbird is visible against bright turquoise seawater in El Cardoncito, Baja California Sur, with sparse surface texture and no visible people.
The bird stays isolated against a simple ocean background, useful as a quiet nature beat. (0:02)
The waterbird appears lower in the frame with wings extended above clear turquoise ocean in El Cardoncito, and no people or shoreline are visible.
This moment shows the bird beginning a wing flap while surrounded by open seawater. (0:03)

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