Park

Today when I went down to the park, it was cloudy and it was raining a little bit.
When I was out on the breakwater, I saw a sea gull and the cruise ship. I also saw the salmon and it looked like there was a lot of them.
When I was nearing the park, I saw a flicker fly away while I was walking.
When I was at the battle site bench, there was a slight breeze and it was low tide. While I was there, I saw some sea gulls and ravens. I also heard some shorebirds, but I wasn’t able to see them.
When I was on the side trail near the trail by the river, I saw two eagles out by the river.
When I was on the trail by the river, I saw a bunch of salmon in the river and I heard a song sparrow in the grass on the other side of the river.
When I was on my way back home, I saw a spotted sandpiper on sage rock and I also saw a great blue heron on sage rock, they both flew away when I was watching them.
Where were the shorebirds?
Why was it raining?
Where did the spotted sandpiper go?