His affection for the birds has evolved, though, and he writes movingly of the many ways in which harm can come to them-including, strangely enough, being hurt in a fall. This is no easy job Skaife writes with rueful authority of having to overcome his understandable fears of being put in a cage to study, up close, a bird that for all purposes might as well have been a condor at first glance. Rather more informally, he’s the Ravenmaster, the fellow who looks after the resident raven population at the famed Tower of London. There’s much more to it than that, and one of the best people to tell you about the matter is “Yeoman Warder Christopher Skaife, of Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and member of the Sovereign’s Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary,” as the author identifies himself. What’s the difference between a raven and a crow? No, it’s not that one’s for the crockpot and one for the oven. When the ravens disappear from the Tower of London, the tale goes, then England will fall-good reason to keep someone on staff to keep the birds happy.
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