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Female Cardinal Perching and Flying From Tree (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

A female cardinal is perched on a tree branch. The bird then takes flight and moves out of the frame. The remaining frames show the bare tree against a clear blue sky.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, or social nature cuts needing a brief female cardinal moment in a bare tree against blue sky.
Edit role
The six-second clip works as a quick cutaway or transition beat, starting on the perched bird and ending on empty branches after it leaves the frame.
Visual details
A female cardinal appears among thin bare greenish branches with clear blue sky behind it, then the remaining frames hold on the branch pattern with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera view through dense foreground and midground branches, with a tight telephoto-like composition that keeps the bird partially obscured by twigs before it exits.

Tags

birdcardinaltreebranchesskyflyingperchingmovementnaturebluebareflightwildlifemotionperchedblue skyoutdoordaytimedroneaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
49 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.

Female cardinal perched near the left side of a bare tree in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with thin branches crossing the frame and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the bird tucked into the branches before it moves. (0:00)
Female cardinal near the center of the frame in Cabo Pulmo, partly hidden by thin bare branches with pale blue sky behind and no visible people.
This frame gives the clearest centered view of the bird among the twigs. (0:01)
Bare greenish tree branches fill the Cabo Pulmo frame against clear blue sky after the cardinal has moved out of view, with no visible people.
The action has passed, leaving the branch texture as a clean nature cutaway. (0:02)
A dense lattice of bare tree branches in Cabo Pulmo crosses the frame with clear blue sky visible through the gaps and no visible people.
The clip holds on the empty tree after the bird exits. (0:03)

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