Rooks, Ravens, Chess, Towers and Castles?♖♜♔

I was watching Sally Field in the movie 'David Copperfield' where she points out the sign on the fence that reads 'The Rookery' and her character asks why the house is called 'The Rookery' when there are no black birds around the house.

Richard E Grant and Dispatches from Elsewhere?📨🎄📲

Poe was in the Grip of Dickens' Raven?

 How to tell the difference?

And when I was reading the book 'Saga Land' and the Icelander's love of chess was mentioned showing a Rook chess piece as a berserker, I wondered why that piece is called a Rook?

'Saga Land' 

Page 281 of 'Saga Land'

"The rook (/rʊk/; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may capture an enemy piece on its path; additionally, it may participate in castling. Each player starts the game with two rooks, one in each corner on their own side of the board.
Formerly, the rook (from Persian رخ rokh/rukh, meaning "chariot") was alternatively called the tower, marquess, rector, and comes (count or earl). The term "castle" is considered to be informal, incorrect, or old-fashioned."

Knowing that the Tower of London had ravens I thought maybe The Rook chess piece had something to do with black birds, but apparently not.

Seems to be a Royal chess game going on in the media lately, too, but it's not all as black and white as it seems, to me.

Deconstructing Harry ... and Meghan?

I like corvids, but I'm not real keen about chess.

Although, I wouldn't mind seeing some puffins in the wild at some point, maybe?

GRÍMSEY ISLAND/ICELAND?🥶

On the Road with Corvids