Heads or tails? Both.

This isn't someone hedging a bet on a coin flip. It's a plea from the Carbon County Environmental Education Center.The center is currently rehabilitating an osprey brought to the center earlier this winter in a weakened condition.The staff is asking any fishermen who might have extra fish to donate them to the center so they can keep the bird fed. The bird will not eat fillets or pieces of fish. The fish need to have heads, tails and scales so the bird recognizes it as food."The fish can be gutted. Even fish from last year in the freezer that may be freezer burned will work as food for the bird," said Franklin Klock, a naturalist at the CCEEC. Staff at the center add vitamin supplements to the fish because as soon as a fish dies it starts to lose its vitamin content.The center plans to keep the osprey, a migratory bird that normally spends winters in warmer climates, until the weather breaks and it would normally be back in the area."The bird needs open water to find food because it feeds exclusively on fish," Klock said.While at the center the bird is kept in a special flight pen. "By keeping the osprey in the center's flight pen the bird can build muscle before being released," Klock said.Trout, perch, panfish and other types are welcome.Call the center at 570-645-8597.