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Quail Adjusting Head Plume in Dry Brush (Cabo Pulmo, 2023)

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

A quail perches on a branch amidst dry, leafless brush. The bird makes small head movements, adjusting its plume and beak. The background remains static with sparse, brownish vegetation.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, and social cuts needing a close view of a quail in dry Cabo Pulmo brush.
Edit role
Best as a short cutaway or behavioral insert, giving a six-second beat of a perched bird making small head and plume movements between wider desert or road shots.
Visual details
A quail with a dark head plume, gray neck, patterned chest, and brown lower body perches among pale dry twigs, with soft muted brush behind it and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera telephoto composition holds the bird near center frame, with dry branches in the foreground and background creating a shallow, compressed wildlife view.

Tags

quailbirdhead movementplumedry brushnaturalaridvegetationperchedbranchsmall birdbeakmotionoutdoorwildlifepheasantnaturetwigsdroneaerial

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 quail faces forward from a branch in dry Cabo Pulmo brush, with its dark plume upright and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the perched quail centered against sparse brown vegetation. (0:00)
The quail remains upright in the dry Baja California Sur brush, showing its speckled chest and raised head plume with no visible people.
This frame gives a clear front view of the bird's patterned chest and head markings. (0:01)
A front-facing quail holds on the branch in Cabo Pulmo dry brush, with pale twig shapes surrounding the bird and no visible people.
The bird stays centered while the surrounding leafless brush fills the frame. (0:02)
The quail begins to angle its head to the side while perched in the Cabo Pulmo brush, with its plume tilting slightly and no visible people.
This moment shows the small head movement that gives the clip its behavioral detail. (0:03)

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