Great blue heron feet are adapted for walking on mud. They apply very little pressure on anything the heron stands on. Their really long toes and the small amount of webbing on the great blue heron’s feet do not really do anything except create more surface area, but this is an important adaptation because it makes their feet like full-time snowshoes. This allows these birds to survive in environments like salt marshes, because if great blue heron couldn’t stand on mud without sinking, there is no way they could walk into the water to catch the fish they need to eat.
~ Kevin Kurtz, author and educator
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