Hello all! I am happy to report that after a long wait, I have decided to take up the torch and lead the weekly nature identification contest.
This contest was lead for a long time by 
He mentored me here and helped me get on my way.
So I hope to help do the same.
Thus, welcome back to the Nature Identification Contest (NIC)!!!!
Basically it works like this:
post a photo that you took about something (e.g. a plant, animal, rock, etc) from nature that you would like help with as a reply below.
post context - maybe where you found it - forest, stream, desert, etc. How big it is (if it is hard to see).
other users will help to identify what it is.
What do you get?
Well first we learn from each other = cool!!!!!!
Second #steembasicincome!
I will donate 100% of the earnings (from upvotes) of this post back into #steembasicincome for the participants.
I will also promise to have at least 4 shares of steembasicincome as bounty for the participants, irrespective of the earnings of the post. Obviously, the more that participate, the higher the potential shares of 
What is 
Hope you enjoy and that we learn from each other.
Original photo of a key animal for life on the third pole. They looked quite surprised!!!
To start it off, hopefully someone can help with the above photo?
What animal is that (hint I took this in Central Asia and it is big!) - (a bit easy to get things going).
But hopefully there are some harder ones out there and some good participation.
If
Looking forward to your ideas...