Jellis

Thank you. I always get a kick out of how they sound with the Black crowns. I call them all grumpy old men.

this looks like a dark morph Swainson's Hawk

This is looking like a Common Toad

I understand this is not a crow, and I've seen Common Grackles before. But this is odd. The tail only comes to the tip of it's wings. Maybe regrowth of a tail? No rusty color on the back and wings. Immature bird?

Could be a Wafer Trapdoor Spider

Try bribing with fruit and nuts. Also maybe meal worms

The best way is the length of the bill. If the bill is almost as long as the width of the head then it is a Hairy. If it is shorter almost half than it is a Downy

Markings and stripe down the back doesn't match a rattlesnake. I agree with garter snake.

Beaver spend most of their lives in creeks or rivers not much in ponds. The body is too short and small to be a Beaver.

Wood thrush is more rufous toward the head and Hermit more toward the wingtips and rump.