I guess it is hard to keep coming up with names for new turtles!
Here at the office, we have a list of names to pick from that staff, friends and volunteers have come up with for our new untagged turtles. Some of them have meaning ("Darcy" - meaning dark one) and some of them are named for friends and family that we have lost. I will never forget the meaning of the turtle names Eleanor, BG, Homcy and Linda Sue. Some of the names we pick are just named because we are a bit lazy and often look online for a simple list of names. This year, we have been using a list of names we all learned when we were young - state names of the United States! They do seem rather fitting though, Montana is a native American Indian word meaning "mountain" (she was a big turtle..) and the turtle Nebraska nested on a calm flat night which comes from a word meaning flat water.
The season is looking very good! Here on Juno, we now have 110 leatherback nests. If the season were to end today, this would be our third biggest season ever. The season is NOT going to end today though! We still have another 45 days of good nesting.
