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Frigatebird Preening While Perched on Palm Fronds (Mulege, 2022)

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

A frigatebird perches on palm fronds. It moves its head and preens its feathers. The background is a clear sky.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edits, nature social cuts, or agency mood reels needing a quiet frigatebird behavior shot from Mulege, Mexico.
Edit role
The 7-second clip works as a calm cutaway or insert between broader Mulege location shots, giving an editor a close wildlife beat with visible preening and head movement.
Visual details
A black, white, and gray frigatebird perches high on dried palm fronds against a pale blue sky, with the bird dipping and turning its head while no people are visible.
Shot mechanics
The ground camera looks upward in a tight composition, placing palm fronds in the lower foreground and the perched bird against open sky with no visible horizon.

Tags

frigatebirdbirdpalm treepalm frondspreeningperchinghead movementnaturalskytropicalblackwhitegraycalmnestnatureperchedfeathers

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
84 MB
Location
Mulege, 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 frigatebird in Mulege, Baja California Sur perches on dried palm fronds with its head angled left against a pale sky, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the bird settled on palm fronds before the preening movement becomes more apparent. (0:00)
The frigatebird remains perched above the camera in Mulege, Mexico, with its back and white underside visible over curved palm fronds and no visible people.
This frame gives a low-angle view of the bird's body shape and perch against open sky. (0:01)
A perched frigatebird in Baja California Sur bends its head down toward its feathers, with dried palm fronds below and no visible people.
The frame captures the bird beginning a preening gesture while staying fixed on the palm perch. (0:02)

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