AcrostiQuiz #7 by BringMoreLegos

"Who could imagine that a form so graceful, arrayed by nature in a garb so resplendent, should harbour so much mischief — that selfishness, duplicity, and malice should form the moral accompaniments of so much physical perfection! Yet so it is, and how like beings of a much higher order are these gay deceivers!"

WHAT CREATURE, Cyanocitta cristata, is the subject of this passage?

Feathers are the most complex example of WHAT ANATOMICAL FEATURE, which may also consist of skin, hair, scales, nails, or exoskeleton?

A bridge named in honor of WHAT AUTHOR AND NATURALIST, whose work helped spark the modern environmental movement, now crosses the Allegheny River some miles downstream from her childhood home? (First letter of FIRST name.)

One of the early proponents of watercolor paints, particularly to depict landscapes and wildlife, was WHAT GERMAN ARTIST of the Northern Renaissance, also known for his oil paintings and engravings, among other works? (First letter of LAST name.)

The trademarked name Nyjer (an orthographically skittish respelling of its public domain counterpart Niger) is used to market a certain variety of WHAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT, commonly seen in backyards throughout suburbia? (If you're thinking of a specific compound word, use the more general half to make the acrostic work.)

WHAT WORD has been removed from this map of the American Museum of Natural History? (You're looking at the bottom center, though you might want to look to the center right for a hint.)

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The critical spotlight has been predictably unkind to a recently rediscovered Tiffany Trump single from 2011, but take its three-word title, add an initial "I'm," and you have this critically acclaimed hit released ten years earlier by WHAT CANADIAN SONGSTRESS? (First letter of LAST name.)

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Baltimore is one of only two U.S. cities with multiple avian mascots (Ravens and Orioles) from the four major sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, or NHL). WHAT IS THE OTHER CITY, which prior to losing its hockey franchise, boasted three such teams?

Inspired by his concurrent work on the comedy film The Big Year, WHAT ACTOR AND MUSICIAN titled his 2011 bluegrass album Rare Bird Alert? (First letter of LAST name.)

Martha, a passenger pigeon, and later Incas, a Carolina parakeet, both died about a century ago at the Cincinnati Zoo (they are with Harambe now). WHAT APPROPRIATE NOUN, coined in the journal Nature, is used for such an individual, the last member of a species going extinct?

"Was not the lost dauphin, though handsome was only
Base-born and not even able
To make a decent living, was only
Himself, Jean Jacques, and his passion — what
Is man but his passion?"

WHO IS THE AUTHOR of this text, the first to hold the title of U.S. Poet Laureate, and the only individual to receive the Pulitzer Prize in both Fiction and Poetry? (First letter of FIRST name.)

After a long day at an Ivy League ornithological lab, you head out to the bar and order a locally made Flower Power IPA. WHAT CITY are you in?

WHAT NATION is currently in (very mild) turmoil over the recommendation of a new national bird by its Royal Geographic Society, who bucked public opinion with a choice decried by some as elitist and others as boring?

He was born a bastard in the Caribbean. His mother succumbed to disease when he was young. He made his way to America and started a family, but his obsessive work would often keep them apart. His multiple talents made him a towering figure in his field, and his best-known work, original editions of which are prized museum pieces, remains a milestone achievement. He is interred beneath a monument at the Trinity Church cemetery, not far from the site of his upper Manhattan home. WHAT'S HIS NAME, man?

NOTE: There might be a red herring here, so make sure your answer fits the theme! (First letter of LAST name.)