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Spotted Bird Preening on a Desert 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 spotted bird perches on a branch, preening its feathers and moving its head. The background includes cacti and dry branches with small fruits. One frame shows the bird in motion, likely taking flight.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edit, conservation piece, or natural history social cut needing a small desert bird among cactus and dry branches.
Edit role
Works as a short cutaway or insert beat between wider Cabo Pulmo desert views, adding close wildlife behavior and a brief motion moment within a six-second timeline slot.
Visual details
A spotted bird perches and preens on thin dry branches with small round fruits and yellow blossoms, tall green cactus forms fill the soft background, and no people are visible.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera telephoto composition holds the bird in the foreground and midground branches, with shallow focus separating the spotted plumage from vertical cactus shapes behind it.

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
36 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 spotted bird sits upright on dry branching stems in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, with tall green cactus shapes behind it and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the bird perched in the arid branch and cactus setting. (0:00)
The bird bends along the branch while preening or reaching into its feathers, with dry stems and soft green cactus columns in the Cabo Pulmo background and no visible people.
This frame captures the bird in a preening posture rather than a static perch. (0:01)
The bird appears motion-blurred as it shifts or lifts from the branch, with spotted plumage streaked across dry stems and cactus shapes in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, and no visible people.
The frame shows the clip's brief burst of movement, useful as an active wildlife beat. (0:02)
A spotted bird faces left from a branch, showing a clear eye, pointed beak, patterned chest, small fruits, yellow blossoms, and blurred cactus in Cabo Pulmo with no visible people.
This frame gives the clearest side view of the bird's head, beak, and spotted chest. (0:03)

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