We spent ten days in the Dominican Republic soaking up the sun, watching the "not so clad" beach walkers.
I was wanting to go Costa Rica, but that was voted down. With that, I wanted to seek out the DR's Emerald Hummingbird, however, I did not see one.
Many of the local birds were the same that I have seen at home, but they offered some opportunities. I did photograph a couple of newbies for me. They will be posted at a later date.
With that, for your pleasure and C & C, are some different faces of the Great Egret.....boy that bird gets around the world.
I did bring my 500mm, but did experiment with the 70-200 f/2.8 version II in conjunction with the 2.0X extender version III with quite good results.