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Cormorant and Seagulls Preening on Sandy Beach (Guerrero Negro, 2022)

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

A cormorant and several seagulls rest on a sandy beach near the water. The cormorant preens its feathers by moving its head, while a seagull also adjusts its plumage. The birds remain mostly stationary, with subtle movements in their postures.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, coastal conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing birds resting at the shoreline in Guerrero Negro.
Edit role
The 8-second shot works as a quiet cutaway, nature insert, or pacing beat between broader coastal scenes and closer wildlife behavior.
Visual details
A dark cormorant stands near several resting seagulls on flat sand, with blue-green water behind them, bright daylight, muted beach colors, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The ground-level composition holds the birds across the lower half of frame, with open water filling the background and a low shoreline band separating sand from sea.

Tags

cormorantseagullbeachsandwateroceanbirdspreeningrestingstandingwadingnaturalcoastalshorecalmmovementseagullsheron

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
8s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
97 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.

At 0:00 in Guerrero Negro, a dark cormorant stands at left while several seagulls rest on pale sand near blue-green water, with no visible people.
Opening frame shows the full bird group arranged along the beach edge. (0:00)
At 0:01 in Guerrero Negro, the cormorant stands upright behind resting seagulls as one gull keeps its head lowered on the sand, with no visible people.
This moment keeps the cormorant separated from the resting gulls for a clean wildlife insert. (0:01)
At 0:02 in Guerrero Negro, the cormorant remains near the waterline while the seagulls stay grouped on the sand, with rippled water behind and no visible people.
The frame emphasizes the quiet shoreline spacing between the standing cormorant and the gull cluster. (0:02)

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