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Quail Perched on a Dry Tree Branch (Cabo Pulmo, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

A quail is perched on a dry tree branch. The bird's head moves slightly between frames, showing subtle motion. The background features leafless branches in an arid environment.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, and quiet social cuts needing a close ground-camera view of a quail in dry Cabo Pulmo brush.
Edit role
This six-second clip works as a cutaway or natural texture beat between wider desert road and hillside shots, with only subtle head movement to hold the moment without changing scene direction.
Visual details
A quail perches among dry leafless branches beside a pale tree trunk, with brown, gray, and white feather markings in warm light and no visible people in the frames.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera close composition keeps the bird in the midground, a tree trunk along the left side, tangled branches behind it, and no visible horizon or camera move across the sampled frames.

Tags

quailbirdtreebranchdryaridnaturalperchedrestinghead movementfeathersbrownwhitegraystillsubtle motionpheasantnaturedroneaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
35 MB
Location
Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

A quail in Cabo Pulmo perches beside a pale tree trunk, facing left among dry leafless branches with no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the quail tucked into a dry branch network. (0:00)
A profile view shows the Cabo Pulmo quail with its head angled slightly left, framed by crossing dry twigs and no visible people.
This moment shows the bird's marked face and neck pattern as it stays perched. (0:01)
The quail remains perched in Cabo Pulmo, partly screened by dry branches while a pale trunk fills the left foreground and no people are visible.
The frame emphasizes how the bird blends into the dry brush and trunk texture. (0:02)
A later frame shows the Cabo Pulmo quail still perched, its face turned slightly through a denser cluster of leafless branches with no visible people.
This frame gives editors another close insert with the bird's face partly framed by twigs. (0:03)

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