Not the best pic lol, but you can see my duck Percy with the throat issues eating here. There's actually 2 bowls in the feeder but you can't tell from this angle.
Percy can only really safely eat food from in his water so him and his buddies can be pretty messy with water and wet bits of food...
I saw neater feeders discussed on a duck blog article a few months back and realized that was what I'd been needing. I bought a small one on Chewy that was 30% off, then realized the bowls weren't deep enough for adult ducks, so got the medium size. The small I use for treats or would work for...