After a philandering RV park owner is found seriously injured, his conniving wife must fend off a relentless Deputy, her ruthless extended family of bird enthusiasts, and a cadre of potential murderers.

SYNOPSIS:

Everyone at his “Days of Views” vintage RV park wanted ADRIEL LONG (30s) dead. The drunken womanizer reportedly observed a One-Eyed Yellow-Breasted Crossbill that had not been seen in 24 years. Several campers wanted that glory for themselves, but before Adriel could divulge the location of the rare bird and verify the sighting with a photograph, he was shot in the stomach and conked on the head. The lead suspect is BIRDIE LONG (32), Adriel’s wife, who has the most to gain financially, but DEPUTY ALEJANDRO SANTOS (27) also suspects several extended family members may be co-conspirators.

JUDY JENKINS (20s) is a flirty ornithologist married to BETSY (30s), a kindly chiropractor and amateur birder. CHERYL MANN (35) is Judy’s ruthlessly competitive sister who will stop at nothing to claim the bird sighting. Her wimpy husband, LARRY (35), must contend with a delinquent stepson, ARVIN (10), and a demanding baby (1). TALIA SMITH (24) is a struggling singer-songwriter seeking credit for the bird sighting to propel her career. Her sleazy husband, ZACH (30s), wants to kill the rare bird and purchase the RV park for development.

When Adriel returns from the hospital in a wheelchair and on pain meds, Birdie takes him to the archery range on the property to relax while she “helps” the Deputy with the case. Adriel gets shot in the foot by an errant arrow, just before his slacker brother, BUCK LONG (20s), shows up with a rifle, bow, and dead songbird. Buck becomes the lead suspect in Adriel’s multiple assaults and the target of ire from the birders, especially Cheryl, his ex-wife. The plot thickens like the mac ‘n cheese casseroles that dominate the RV park potluck and bird slide show where the Deputy has all the suspects gathered for his “big attempted-murderer reveal.”

The Deputy leads us through his accusations concluding that Birdie committed the assaults with a .22 pistol taken from the Lost and Found. He goes on to suggest she conked him on the head with a rock and shot him with a hunting arrow in the foot the next day. The motive, he claims, is Adriel’s life insurance policy which only pays out with accidental death, not murder. With twists at the end, Adriel stages a comeback. There are confounding confessions from several suspects, and the Deputy’s case collapses like a house of cards. The strange members of the extended family stick together, proving that blood is thicker than mac ‘n cheese. Adriel apologizes to Birdie for being a louse, and Birdie apologizes for injuring him many times, accidentally, of course. The rare bird is spotted as the frustrated Deputy storms out and life goes on in rural America as God did, or did not, intend.

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