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White Pelican Diving and Surfacing in Water (Guerrero Negro, 2022)

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

A white pelican dives into the water, creating a splash as it submerges. It then surfaces and continues swimming. The bird repeats this diving and surfacing motion in the calm water.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, Guerrero Negro travel edits, conservation segments, agency mood reels, or social cuts needing a white water bird feeding in shallow rippled water.
Edit role
The 7 second clip works as a quiet cutaway or natural-history beat between wider coastal context and closer wildlife behavior, with the bird dipping, splashing, and resurfacing.
Visual details
A white wading bird with a long dark beak stands and feeds in muted green-gray water, with small ripples across the frame, bright daylight on the feathers, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera footage frames the bird in open water with no land or horizon visible, using a simple mid-to-wide composition that leaves surrounding water texture for edits or overlays.

Tags

pelicanwhitewaterdivingsurfacingbirdripplesbeakfeedingmovementnaturalwildlifewhite egretshallow waternaturecalmserenewater ripples

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
84 MB
Location
Guerrero Negro, 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.

White wading bird in Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico, standing left of frame in rippled green-gray water with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the bird upright in open water before the feeding action changes. (0:00)
White bird in Guerrero Negro bent into the water with a bright splash around its body and ripples spreading across the surface, with no visible people.
This frame captures the feeding dip as the bird breaks the water surface with a splash. (0:01)
White wading bird in Guerrero Negro standing upright near the right side of the frame, surrounded by small ripples and empty water, with no visible people.
The bird resurfaces upright, giving editors a clear behavioral follow-through after the splash. (0:02)

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