Keeping inside a lot to escape the black fly's as much as possible.
Maine's State Bird getting to you matey? 
Oh Somewhat, and then I remember the time I went to Northern Maine, Baxter State Park in June about 1995. There and then I was covered with them, they were so thick I was followed by a "cloud" and my white shirt looked like somebody sprinkled pepper on me. I was washing them out of my hair along with the bloody bite scabs as I took my shower at the hotel. When I got back home, I realized that they were not that bad around my home. SO when I start to bitch about them here....I remember where I could be living. <shudder>
