A Bird of the Air is a 2011 American romantic drama film directed by Margaret Whitton and starring Rachel Nichols and Jackson Hurst.

[2] Lyman is a highway worker who spends most of his days barely speaking due to his shyness and a past trauma.

Rachel Nichols and Jackson Hurst were announced to perform as the two leads and would work from a script written by Roger Towne.

[3] Filming took place in New Mexico and Hurst's scenes were performed while he was on hiatus from the show Drop Dead Diva.

[9] Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times was critical of the movie, as she felt that the two leads "display more chemistry with the film’s fauna than with each other.