The seven currently in his charge are named Erin, Gripp II, Harris, Jubilee II, Merlina, Munin and Rocky.
2, spoke with the National Post about his ravens, from their capacity to summon human emotions and to snap bones with their beaks, to the relationships they have with the public and with him. Skaife, whose upcoming memoir of his time at the Tower, The Ravenmaster, is out in Canada on Oct. He will also keep his fingers crossed that no raven decides to fly the coop. On a typical day, Skaife rises before dawn to fill the ravens’ water bowls, clean the enclosure, feed the ravens chicken, lamb and pig hearts, release them for the day and keep an eye on each of them as they mill about the grounds.
He and his wife live within the Tower’s walls near a fox-proofed, stainless steel enclosure that houses the ravens at night. Skaife has been the Tower’s chief raven overseer - the ravenmaster - for seven years, a post he took on after a 24-year army career.
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