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Pelican Swimming and Spreading Wings in Water (La Bocana, 2022)

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

A pelican swims in calm water, lifting its head and then spreading its wings, creating splashes. The bird moves through the water, with ripples forming around it. Its wings are extended, causing water to splash as it moves.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Wildlife, coastal travel, documentary, agency mood reel, or social edits can use this La Bocana clip for a pelican moving on open ocean water in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The seven-second action works as a cutaway or transition beat between wider coastal scenes, starting with the pelican floating and ending as wings spread and splash across the water.
Visual details
A brown pelican floats in blue-green ocean water, lifts its head, then spreads its wings low over small waves, with no visible people, boats, logos, or shoreline in frame.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera footage holds a wide, water-level composition with the pelican in the midground, open water filling the frame, and no visible horizon or land reference.

Tags

pelicanwaterswimmingwingsspreadingsplashingoceanbirdwildlifemovementripplesbeakheadsplashesnaturalcalmactionfloating

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
85 MB
Location
La Bocana, 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.

A pelican floats low on blue-green ocean water at La Bocana, Baja California Sur, with no visible people in the frame.
The opening frame shows the pelican settled on the water before the wing movement begins. (0:00)
The pelican sits more upright on rippled blue water in La Bocana, Baja California Sur, with no visible people or shoreline.
This frame holds on the bird's upright posture against open water. (0:01)
A forward-facing pelican rests in the open water at La Bocana, Baja California Sur, with small waves behind it and no visible people.
The frame gives a centered view of the bird before the action increases. (0:02)

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