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Close-Up of Bird Preening Feathers (Mulege, 2022)

8s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

A bird with dark and white feathers preens its head and neck. The bird moves its head and beak to adjust its feathers. The background is a clear sky, indicating an outdoor setting.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Close wildlife detail from Mulege, Baja California Sur, suited to travel edits, nature documentaries, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a perched bird grooming against open sky.
Edit role
Use this 8-second close-up as a quiet cutaway or insert between wider Mulege location shots, especially to mark a natural pause or add wildlife behavior detail.
Visual details
A dark and white bird fills the foreground from a low angle, lifting and turning its head while preening feathers, with pale blue sky behind it and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The ground camera frames the bird tightly from below, cropping parts of the body and wing against an uncluttered sky background while the head and feathers shift within the shot.

Tags

birdpreeningfeathersclose-upheadmovementwhitedarkskynaturalwildlifegroomingbeakneckactionospreynatureperching

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
8s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
100 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.

Low-angle close-up in Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico, showing a dark and white bird with its head partly turned down while preening, with no visible people.
The opening frame introduces the bird tightly cropped against clear sky during a grooming moment. (0:00)
The bird remains tightly framed from below in Mulege, with dark wing feathers, white neck plumage, and raised head feathers visible against empty sky, with no visible people.
This frame shows the tight crop and feather texture as the bird holds its head away from the camera. (0:01)
A close Mulege wildlife frame shows the bird's head angled toward its shoulder as it preens, with the body filling the lower frame and sky filling the background, with no visible people.
The frame captures the bird mid-groom as the beak works near the shoulder feathers. (0:02)

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