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Red Cardinal Perched on a Tree Branch with Subtle Head Movements (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

The red cardinal remains perched on a tree branch throughout the sequence. It makes small head movements, turning its head slightly in different directions. The background features bare branches and red buds, with no other notable motion.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
A wildlife documentary, Cabo Pulmo travel edit, conservation piece, brand film, or social nature cut can use this 4K shot as a quiet close view of a red cardinal perched in dry brush.
Edit role
At six seconds, the clip works as a cutaway, observational insert, or pause beat between broader Cabo Pulmo landscape shots and movement along roads or arid terrain.
Visual details
A red cardinal sits on thin gray branches among small red buds, with muted green and brown foliage behind it and no visible people in the frames.
Shot mechanics
The ground-camera composition holds the bird in the midground through branches, with shallow background detail, telephoto softness, and only subtle head-position changes visible across the sequence.

Tags

cardinalbirdtreebranchperchedhead movementredbrowngreennaturaloutdoorcalmstillsubtle motionnaturewinterfoliagewildlifedroneaerial

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

3 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 faces left while perched among gray branches and red buds in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the cardinal settled in dry brush before the subtle head movement begins. (0:00)
The cardinal remains in left-facing profile on a thin branch in Cabo Pulmo, with red buds around it and no visible people.
This frame holds the bird in profile, useful as a clean wildlife insert with dry vegetation around it. (0:01)
A red cardinal turns more toward the camera from its branch in Cabo Pulmo, framed by tangled gray twigs and no visible people.
The frame captures the clearest forward-facing moment as the bird shifts its head. (0:02)

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