This is the time of year my heart goes out to these graceful wild creatures.
Because in Maine?
It’s fly season.
And there’s nothing flies like more than a juicy deer.
The poor things are covered in them.
Day and night, night and day.
All over their bodies.
They twitch, they scratch, they shake like a Parkinson’s patient to no avail.
I can’t even imagine how horrible this must be.
I go berserk if one nasty fly finds me when I’m mowing the lawn…. I’d be stark raving mad if I had to contend with this many!
River's world..... 
Aww, poor thing…..what are flies good for really? That’s one insect I’d be glad that would go extinct….mofos.
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Moses insisted they come on board! Skeeters too!
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Bird food?
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Well, only if they’re dead….
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Aww, that’s sad. I’ve only been to Maine once during fly season – camping – in a tent 🙁
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They’re just really attracted to the deer. We can sit outside and not be bothered at all….
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Omg I know! Main reason I can’t handle camping is that there’s incessant bugs on me all the time.
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I feel for ’em, I really do. I spent a couple of weeks in a lakefront cabin in Maine when I was a kid and got some terrible fly bites. And I could at least go inside.
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I’ve tried inviting them in…. but no takers so far.
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I find it very easy being a dear!!! (I just had to!!!)
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Ha!
Of course you did.
😉
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“Dear me” and he didn’t just chose to walk away but had a picture taken. Good one!
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I think they’re very used to being photographed by now.
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We could all learn something from the deer, pretty as they be. Thanks for sharing.
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Poor thing
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I know. I can’t imagine it…
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They need cork hats!
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Poor things! If only they had elbows!
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They twitch all day long. It would drive me insane..
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That was hard to watch on my big computer screen. We only have to worry about ticks on them around here.
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I encountered biting flies in Assateague. I cut my day at the beach in half to avoid being eaten alive.
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Nothing worse than sand flies. Those little bastards bite hard!
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