At least two puffins have used sticks as scratchers — ChillScroll

An Atlantic Puffin holding a short wooden stick against its white chest feathers

At least two puffins have used sticks as scratchers

Researchers saw one Atlantic Puffin scratch its back with a wooden stick in Wales. Years later, a camera in Iceland recorded another puffin picking up a stick and rubbing its chest feathers.

A bright beak is also a perfectly good handle.

Source · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ↗