23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Wildlife
Hawk in a Graveyard

As her wings swoosh and eyes widen she jumps from her perch in a tree, she swoops down and snatches her prey, it’s an almost certain death. This tale of predator and prey, life and death happening in the middle of a graveyard was an opportunity I was blessed to have witnessed.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS R6m2
Copyright: © Charlie Quirk