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Red Cardinal Perched on a Branch Then Flies Away (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, moving its head. The bird then takes flight and disappears from view. The scene features bare branches and red buds in the background.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Wildlife editors, nature documentary teams, travel edits, and social cuts can use this Cabo Pulmo clip for a brief close view of a red cardinal in dry branch habitat.
Edit role
The six-second shot works as a wildlife cutaway, insert, or quiet transition beat before the bird leaves the branch and exits the frame.
Visual details
A bright red cardinal sits among bare gray branches and small red buds, with soft green background patches, foreground twigs crossing the view, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera wildlife framing keeps the bird in the midground behind intervening branches, with shallow-looking focus and no camera move evident from the sampled frames.

Tags

cardinalredbirdbranchtreeperchedheadmovementflyingnaturalbarebranchesbudsmotionwildlifenatureoutdoorbirdwatchingdroneaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
28 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 side-on among bare branches and red buds in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the cardinal settled on a branch before the later movement. (0:00)
The cardinal remains perched in Cabo Pulmo, partly screened by pale foreground twigs and surrounded by red buds, with no visible people.
This moment gives editors a partially obscured wildlife view with the bird still on the branch. (0:01)
A red cardinal faces more toward the camera in Cabo Pulmo, its dark face patch visible through gray branches and red buds, with no visible people.
The frame captures a frontal head position that helps show the bird's face marking. (0:02)
Cardinal perched lower in frame among bare brush.

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