Since December, the SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center has rescued 45 emaciated red-tailed hawks, some of them too sick to survive.

The red-tailed hawk is a bit larger, ... When the young birds first leave the nest, they often have white down feathers on their heads that will not be shed for another week or so, ...

Since December, the SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center has rescued 45 emaciated red-tailed hawks, some of them too sick to survive.