In
the small mill town of Pressley near the Alabama coast during the summer of
1970, within its traditional blue collar, Deep South culture, great social
changes are astir and a diverse array of characters – a neglected husband, a
disillusioned preacher, a single mother, an abused wife, a flower child
runaway, an orphaned loner and a fatherless boy, through adventures in
birdwatching and catfishing, hallucinogenic trips, adulterous affairs, fist
fights and prayer vigils, seek a way out of their loneliness, isolation and
despair. Rare Birds of Coastal Alabama tells of their various evolving, disparate,
connecting and intertwining stories.