Jason E. Andersen

I have an accomplishment that I want to share with you: 

I am the legitimate owner of a new consulting business, Flight Feather Natural Systems Planning.

That’s right, I am a consultant.

Over the last few months, I have been working to create a business aimed at advising companies and governments to manage natural areas for wildlife habitat benefit. I am now ready to admit to the larger world what I have done, and also share my dank logo in the process. All credit goes to Angela Griner, with Wink & Nod Creative, who did a bang-up job on the design.

​The name Flight Feather refers to the large feathers of a bird’s wing, which provide thrust for flight. As a bird nerd, I felt obligated to name my company something that had to do with birds.

Flight Feather will serve as my professional consulting business and also as an umbrella for some other conservation projects I have in mind (stay tuned on that). Never fear, this is just a side pursuit. I am sticking with Pheasants Forever as my full-time gig. The name

You may wonder, what is that cute little bird in the logo? Well that, my friend, is an artist’s interpretation of a Dickcissel, and the subject of our fun fact. The Dickcissel is a migratory grassland bird which I studied during graduate school. I have an affinity for the Dickcissel because, when I see them, they feel like old friends. And also because the name makes me giggle.

Bonus Fun Fact: The Dickcissel nests in the grasslands of the Midwest and winters far south, in the grassland areas of Colombia and Venezuela, in South America.

Bonus Bonus Fun Fact: Dickcissels are in the same family as the Northern Cardinal.

You can see pictures and read more about my feathered friend on The Cornell Lab All About Birds — Dickcissel website.