Cabrera, Kim

heronsize

Ardea herodias

Heron track with 6-inch ruler for size comparison. Notice how the three forward toes are not in alignment. This is the left foot. The two outer toes (on the left in the picture) stick out at a slightly offset angle. The two inner toes are in line, as they would be expected to look. This arrangement of the toes may give the heron greater stability when it is walking in the deep mud and water it often hunts in.

About this image

Identification
Ardea herodias (great blue heron)
Contributors
Kim Cabrera
photographer copyright holder identification
Subjects
Type Photo
Subject Tracks
Type Photo
Subject Sign

Conditions of use

This resource may not be downloaded and used without permission of the copyright holder except for educational fair use.

To cite this page: Cabrera, K. 2007. "heronsize.jpg" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed {%B %d, %Y} at https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/kim_cabrera/heronsize/

Last updated: 2007-22-20 / Generated: 2025-09-15 02:05

Privacy Consent Preference

This website uses some essential cookies to make it work. We’d like to set additional analytics cookies to analyze site usage. We won’t set these additional cookies unless you accept them.