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Red Cardinal Moving Head on a Tree Branch (Cabo Pulmo, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
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About this clip

A red cardinal is perched on a tree branch. The bird moves its head slightly, looking around. The background features bare branches with small red buds.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits a wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edit, conservation segment, agency mood reel, or social nature cut needing a close view of a red cardinal perched in brush.
Edit role
Works as a six-second cutaway or insert between wider Cabo Pulmo landscape shots, giving a quiet bird detail with slight head movement before returning to roads or arid terrain.
Visual details
A red cardinal perches on a thin branch among gray bare twigs and small red buds, with soft green-gray background blur and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera close-up composition holds the bird in the midground while out-of-focus branches cross the foreground and tangled bare branches fill the background.

Tags

redcardinalbirdtreebranchperchedmovingheadnaturaloutdoorfoliagebudsstillnaturewintervibrantwildlifeclose-updroneaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
27 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 red cardinal perches on a thin branch in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, with bare gray twigs and red buds around it and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the cardinal settled in the brush with its red crest and body standing out against muted branches. (0:00)
The cardinal remains perched in Cabo Pulmo brush, facing left with its crest visible against a background of bare branches and red buds, with no visible people.
This moment gives editors a clear side view of the bird's head, beak, and crest while it stays on the branch. (0:01)
A close frame shows the red cardinal still perched in Cabo Pulmo, its body angled through a screen of gray twigs with red buds nearby and no visible people.
The frame keeps the bird prominent while foreground twigs add a natural brush texture. (0:02)
Red cardinal partly framed by foreground branches.

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