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Female Cardinal Perched on Cactus in Clear Sky

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

A female cardinal remains perched on a cactus. The bird occasionally moves its head and beak. The background is a clear blue sky with no other movement.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
A travel edit, wildlife documentary, agency mood reel, brand film, or social cut can use this Cabo Pulmo shot for a quiet desert nature moment centered on a female cardinal and cactus.
Edit role
The six-second clip works as a cutaway, insert, or pause between wider Cabo Pulmo desert road views, giving an editor a tight natural beat before returning to landscape coverage.

Tags

birdcardinalfemalecactuspercheddesertskybluestillnaturalwildlifegrayred beakspinesclearcalmnatureblue skydroneaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
4K UHD
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
Location
Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

2 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

At 0:00, a female cardinal faces slightly left while perched on a spined cactus in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, with clear blue sky behind it and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the cardinal settled on the cactus before its small head movements. (0:00)
At 0:01, the female cardinal sits upright on the cactus crown in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, with its beak more forward and no visible people in the sky-only background.
This frame keeps the same tight wildlife composition while the bird holds a forward-facing posture. (0:01)

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