park

Today when I went down to the park for the second time today, it was cloudy, raining hard and really windy.
When I was by the harbor, it was really windy and I had to put my head down to make sure my hood wouldn’t blow off.
When I was by sage beach, I saw some sea gulls flying around by the rocks.
When I was in the park, I saw some varied thrushes on the trail and in the bushes. I also heard a squirrel in the forest somewhere.
When I was at the battle site bench, it was high tide. It didn’t seem as windy at the battle site bench as it had by the harbor.
When I was on the trail by the river, I saw two swans, some ducks and some wigeons on the other side of the river in the water. I also saw some Goldeneyes, and they flew off when I stopped to look around.
When I was on my way back home, I went out on the breakwater briefly.
Just after I got off the breakwater, I saw some wigeons on the side walk, and they flew off when I walked by.
Why were the wigeons on the side walk?
Why was it so windy today?
Why does there seem to be a lot of varied thrushes around lately?