Birds and Blimps

The blimp was out the other day for the baseball hooha.

Anybody know what these two birds are ? They are definitely water types. Both had very unusual red eyes.

[ George adds: My friend Joanie—a devoted birder— immediately said adult “black-crowned night heron”, a stocky nocturnal heron that eats mainly fish from shallow ponds and marshes. p.65 in Sibley’s Guide to Birds. ]

I think this was the male – he had the same eyes but maybe hes a different bird all together ?

Heres that facade being worked into a condo development – its just so crazy looking seeing a buildings face with no building.

The old Detroit News warehouse on the water.