Grub Trunk

[Deathpelt]

Hello! This is just a random idea I got!

A grub trunk is a large fallen tree that is a tree trunk's height, and takes about 5 spaces. It is hollow inside, and has a decaying appearance. A grub trunk can fit baby niches and lean bodied creatures in it, however some grub trunks can be occupied by ram foxes or baby bearyenas, making it a bit risky unless you have well prepared nichelings. 

-Beaked nichelings can collect grubs from the grub trunk.

-Nichelings with two nimble fingers can also collect grubs from the grub trunk. 

-Lean bodied, and baby niches can be fit into a grub trunk. 

-Eventaully a grub trunk will despawn/decay fully, in around 10-15 days. 

-Sometimes grub trunks may hold predators, or prey like rabbils. 

[Dinocanid]

It would definitely add another reliable food source for avian nichelings since their collecting ability is so low. With the beak and wings, their collecting ability is a measly 1.
The beak could have the highest "bug collecting" ability of the snout genes so it actually has an advantage at something, at least until something like an aardvark snout is added (which has about 2 suggestions I think?).

[AMEcco]

Upvoted. I suggested logs for insectivorous nichelings to feed from and this is expands on the idea really nicely.