Motion-activated cameras in July 2018 caught the moment a puffin picked up a stick from the ground and used it to scratch its chest. Experts guess the bird may have been trying to dislodge a tick.

2 puffins scratched their itches with sticks -- the first evidence seabirds can use tools 2 puffins scratched their itches with sticks -- the first evidence seabirds can use tools 2 puffins scratched ...

People come from around the country to see the iconic seabirds on Haystack Rock, but the bird’s population is dropping at an alarming rate. Cannon Beach’s Haystack Rock is perhaps the Oregon Coast’s ...