The following is a list of birds observed at Cape Roger Curtis on Bowen Island from 1988 to March, 2005. The list has been compiled from archival data collected by members of the Bowen Nature Club during Christmas and breeding bird counts, monthly coastal waterbird surveys, unstructured forest surveys, documented incidental observations and avian rescue records and does not represent a comprehensive species account. Read more

Billie Gowans and Alan Shatwell, Discovery Magazine - Spring 2005
Cape Roger Curtis provides winter feeding grounds to approximately 85% of all species recorded in annual island Christmas Bird Counts. Of these species, 60% are aquatic and mainly frequent the most sheltered western bays. Overlooking these waters, one may have clear observations of foraging Harlequin Ducks, Common Murres, Pigeon Guillemots, Marbled Murrelets and occasionally Rhinoceros Auklets. Read more

April 2, 2005 - From Cape Roger Curtis to 11⁄2 kilometres east, plants and trees were observed and recorded on May 19th, 1991 and May 24th, 1993. Names given within parentheses are alternatives. The “*” indicates plants of special significance, rare in this zone or any zone, and rare so close to the mainland. Read more

Cape Roger Curtis, the south-western tip of Bowen Island, probably contains the richest coastal bluff habitat on the east coast of Georgia Strait. Read more