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Red Cardinal Moving Among Bare Tree Branches (Cabo Pulmo, 2023) · clip 1 of 2

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

A red cardinal perches on bare tree branches. It shifts position, turns its head, and moves its body between frames. The background consists of dry, leafless trees.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, Cabo Pulmo travel edits, nature-focused brand films, and social cuts needing a bright red bird against dry leafless branches.
Edit role
At six seconds, the clip works best as a short cutaway or texture beat between wider desert landscape shots, adding a close wildlife detail to an arid-location sequence.
Visual details
A red cardinal perches and shifts among pale bare branches, with dry brown twigs filling the background, bright daylight on the bird, and no visible people in frame.
Shot mechanics
The facts indicate a ground camera, with a tight telephoto-like composition where branches fill the foreground and background while the cardinal remains the clear color focus.

Tags

redcardinalbirdtreebare branchesperchingmovingnaturaloutdoordrybrancheswildlifenaturered birdshiftingred birdsleafless branchesdry twigsdroneaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
33 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 sits partly side-on among pale leafless branches in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, with dry brown twigs behind it and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the cardinal as a small red focal point inside a dense pattern of dry branches. (0:00)
The cardinal appears lower in the branch tangle, its red body partly obscured by pale limbs and dry brush in Cabo Pulmo, with no visible people.
This frame captures the bird shifting position while branches partially break up its outline. (0:01)
A red cardinal perches more prominently near thin upright branches in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, set against a dry brown thicket with no visible people.
The bird becomes clearer in the frame, giving editors a brighter wildlife insert against the muted dry background. (0:02)
The cardinal is angled downward with its long tail visible among pale bare branches in Cabo Pulmo, while dry twigs fill the background and no people are visible.
This moment shows the bird changing posture, with its tail and body forming a strong red line through the branches. (0:03)

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