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Quail Perched on a Branch Moving Its Head (San Carlos, 2022)

7s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

A quail remains perched on a dry branch throughout the sequence, moving its head in various directions. The background features green foliage and sparse, dry branches. The bird's head movements are the primary action observed.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and quiet social cuts needing a quail perched in dry green brush.
Edit role
The 7-second clip works as a short cutaway or natural texture beat between coastal San Carlos scenes, with the bird's small head movements carrying the moment.
Visual details
A quail perches on a dry branch amid tangled pale twigs, gray-green scrub, and bright green foliage, with hard daylight on the bird and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera wildlife composition holds the bird in the midground against dense brush, with no camera movement evident from the contact sheet and action limited to head position changes.

Tags

quailbirdbranchtreefoliagegreendryperchedheadmovementnaturaloutdoorwildlifestillmotionbranchesleavesnature

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
85 MB
Location
San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2022
Published
Jun 2026

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.

At 0:00, a quail perches facing left on a thin dry branch in San Carlos, Baja California Sur, with bright green foliage behind it and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the quail settled in scrub habitat before the head movement becomes the clip's main action. (0:00)
At 0:01, the quail remains perched in San Carlos brush, its head angled upward against a background of pale dry twigs and sunlit green leaves, with no visible people.
This frame captures a small upward head turn while the bird stays fixed on the branch. (0:01)
At 0:02, the quail is still in profile on the dry branch in San Carlos, with striped flank feathers visible against green foliage and gray brush, and no visible people.
The frame gives buyers a clear profile view of the perched quail's body pattern. (0:02)

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