Falconer Noel Hyde and the work of Wingspan

Noel Hyde is to falconry, Wingspan say, what Winston Peters is to Grey Power.

Noel Hyde with Ribbon (a Kārearea Eastern NZ Falcon) (PHOTO: supplied)

Don and Doug, ruru morepork siblings hatched at Wingspan (PHOTO: Debbie Stewart)

Kārearea Ribbon takes on the ro-magpie during a public display at Wingspan (PHOTO: Maurice Summerfield)

A couple of ruru chicks, only a few days old (PHOTO: Andrew Thomas)

Noel Hyde lures Cazador, a juvenile male New Zealand falcon (PHOTO: Allan MacGillvray)

Ribbon the NZ falcon chases the drag lure during a public display at Wingspan (PHOTO: Clint Trahan)

The spectacular and dynamic kārearea silhouetted against the sky (PHOTO: Koshy Yohannan)

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