Moth Goggles

A series on moths and mothing from two Bay Area enthusiasts, Cat Chang and Allen Fish, from our Spring 2026 issue.

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Allen Fish is a Bay Area–raised naturalist/biologist, writer, and teacher. For 40 years, he was director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, an award-winning wildlife-monitoring program of the National Park Service. In the 2000s, he taught raptor biology at his alma mater, UC Davis, and in 2012 he helped Lisa Owens Viani start Raptors Are the Solution. His past Bay Nature articles include accounts of owl pellets, red-shouldered hawks, and golden-crowned sparrows.