Hawk circling Rhode Island's visitor (7)
I believe the answer is:
tourist
'visitor' is the definition.
(eg someone visiting another country)
'hawk circling rhode island's' is the wordplay.
'hawk' becomes 'tout' (I've seen this in other clues).
'circling' is an insertion indicator (circling can mean going around or containing).
'rhode island's' becomes 'ri's' (US postal abbreviation).
'tout' going around 'ris' is 'TOURIST'.
(Other definitions for tourist that I've seen before include "Sightseeing holidaymaker" , "Tripper, sightseer" , "Holiday visitor" , "someone on holiday" , "Holiday traveller" .)