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Red Cardinal Perched on Bare Tree 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 red cardinal is perched on a bare tree branch. The bird moves its head and body slightly, possibly preening or observing its surroundings. The background consists of leafless branches in a natural setting.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary cutaways, Cabo Pulmo travel edits, nature-focused brand films, or social clips needing a red cardinal among dry winter branches.
Edit role
The six-second shot works as a short insert or quiet texture beat between wider desert landscape clips, giving an editor a close wildlife detail before returning to roads or arid terrain.
Visual details
A bright red cardinal perches among dense bare gray and tan branches in hard daylight, with brown scrub tones behind it and no people visible in the frames.
Shot mechanics
The clip is framed as a close ground-camera wildlife composition with the bird in the midground and tangled leafless branches filling the foreground and background.

Tags

cardinalbirdtreebranchbarenaturalperchedmovingredbrowngrayforestcalmstillhead turningpreeningred cardinalwinterdroneaerial

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 sits left of center on a pale bare branch in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with dense leafless brush behind it and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the cardinal perched in dry branches before its small movements continue. (0:00)
The cardinal appears more blurred and partly turned among gray bare branches in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with no visible people.
This frame catches a small body or head shift while the bird remains perched in the brush. (0:01)
A red cardinal faces right on a branch near the upper right of the frame in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, surrounded by tangled leafless limbs and no visible people.
The bird holds a clearer right-facing profile against the tight pattern of branches. (0:02)
Close red cardinal perched among bare branches.

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