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Quail and Chicks Moving Across Sandy Ground (San Carlos, 2022) · clip 1 of 2

8s 4K UHD 29.97fps Desert San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

A mother quail leads a group of chicks across a sandy area. The birds move in a line, with the adult bird guiding the younger ones. Their shadows stretch across the light-colored sand as they walk.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, travel edit, brand film, agency mood reel, or social cut needing small desert wildlife behavior from San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Edit role
The 8-second clip works as a quiet cutaway, natural-world insert, or pacing beat between beach and desert scenes, showing a quail family crossing sandy ground.
Visual details
An adult quail and several small chicks walk across pale sand in strong sunlight, with long dark shadows, scattered footprints, a low wood edge, and occasional green leaves entering the upper frame; no people are visible in these sampled frames.
Shot mechanics
Ground-level composition looks down across sandy foreground and midground, keeping the birds small in frame as they move through open space with no horizon visible.

Tags

quailchicksbirdssandygroundmovingfamilygroupdesertnaturalwildlifewalkingshadowssunlightsmallparentoffspringfowl

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
8s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
99 MB
Location
San Carlos, 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.

Adult quail walks ahead of several chicks on bright sandy ground in San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with long shadows and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the quail family already moving in a loose line across sunlit sand. (0:00)
The adult quail continues across open sand while the chicks trail behind in a small cluster, with their shadows stretching to one side and no visible people.
This frame emphasizes the follow-the-leader movement of the chicks behind the adult bird. (0:01)
A quail family moves across pale sandy ground below a low wood edge, with the adult at the right and several chicks grouped behind, no visible people.
The frame gives editors a clear side view of the family crossing the open sandy area. (0:02)

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