We often walk through the cemetery at Charleston’s Circular Congregational Church when we are in the neighborhood. Filled with trees, it is welcoming to many birds which may be why a Red-tailed Hawk buzzed the area, cruising over my head. He never slowed and I watched his beautiful tail disappear over a wall headed towards Queen Street.
![Red-tailed Hawk](https://i0.wp.com/passingbyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/531a5124.jpg?resize=474%2C474&ssl=1)
We headed that way too, wondering if he might be perched in a nearby tree. Even better, he was in clear view on the tile roof of one of the old French Quarter homes.
![Red-tailed Hawk](https://i0.wp.com/passingbyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/531a5138.jpg?resize=474%2C474&ssl=1)
I switched to my long lens and he stayed put while I angled around the front of the building, getting a few views of this temporary king of Queen Street.
![Red-tailed Hawk](https://i0.wp.com/passingbyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/531a5175-edit-edit.jpg?resize=474%2C474&ssl=1)
Daily life went on below him: post-Irma trash pick up, street repairs, tourists bent on seeing every street but missing the details, a suited business man conducting his business on the phone in the street…nothing seemed to faze him.
How lovely! He landed in a spot that provided the perfect setting and you’ve really done it justice! Thank you.
Thank you! The tile roof was a nice complement to the hawk.