The Central Coast park’s general manager Tim Faulkner received a visit from a concerned local who brought in an injured Satin Bowerbird.

The bird had what appeared to be a ring from a bottle stuck in its mouth. The ring had flipped around the birds neck, blocking the birds wind pipe and making it impossible for it to close its beak.

“Satin bowerbirds collect blue and purple items to put in a bower to attract females,” Mr Faulkner said.

“This is a natural behaviour that has been occurring for thousands of years but now humans are sharing their habitat at an increased capacity, more potentially harmful items to birds start appearing in their bowers.

“More and more frequently animals are being brought in with human waste obstructing parts of their body. We as Australians need to take more care of throwing away our trash not only for the benefit of the animals, but for humankind as well.”

Mr Faulkner managed to remove the plastic ring with scissor and released the bird back into the wild.

“Luckily for this satin bowerbird there was a happy ending.”