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ml WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! High temperatures prompt birds to court and golfers to get in one more game By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press, 12/5/2001 15:44 Birds nested, bulbs sprouted, and golfers got in one more game Wednesday as temperatures soared into the 70s in parts of the eastern half of the country. Around 9 a.m., 40 to 50 golfers were on the course at River Oaks Municipal Golf Course in Cottage Grove, Minn. Although it began to sprinkle as Morris Chaussee teed off on the 10th hole, he was still glad to be golfing in December. ''It's pretty windy out here and it's hard to play the wind,'' Chaussee said. ''But it's just great being out here.'' Golf in December was as unusual as the behavior of many animals and plants affected by the high temperatures, said Bill Davis, a state wildlife biologist in Massachusetts. Randy ruffed grouse and woodpeckers began noisy courtship displays in the Massachusetts woods. Some forsythia bushes are blooming along the Charles River in Boston. ''A pair of sparrows have cleaned out the bluebird box in my backyard and are busy stuffing it with nesting material,'' Davis said. The return of more winterlike temperatures will quickly cool the birds ardor, Davis said. ''It's all temporary.'' A cold front was expected to usher in frostier weather to the region by week's end. ''The cold air is all sitting in Canada; we're just waiting to catch some of it,'' said Tricia Unseth, lodging manager at Whitecap Mountain Ski Resort in Hurley, Wis. Unless 6 feet of snow falls in a big hurry, Unseth said the resort won't make its planned opening date of Dec. 7, instead hoping to bring in potential skiers Dec. 14. Ski areas in Vermont were hanging on word that temperatures cold enough for snowmaking would arrive this weekend and continue into next week. ''Our (snowmaking) guns are poised and ready,'' said Chris Vellion, marketing director for Jay Peak, which opened last month. About a dozen skiers traversed the resort's only open trail Wednesday. ''The good news is that cold weather is in the forecast,'' said Kim Jackson of Vermont's Killington ski area. ''That's what we're really banking on. We want to expand our terrain as quickly as we can.'' The green slopes are prompting ski resorts to get creative. Stowe Mountain Resort had planned to allow skiers to try new equipment this weekend. Instead the ski area will haul the skis into the lodge and throw a party with a live band, outside bonfire and food. ''We're trying to make lemonade out of lemons,'' said Stowe's Kirt Zimmer. About 500 members of the Commonwealth Ski Club arrived at Sugarbush last weekend to green slopes. They played golf and worked out at the health club instead of skiing. ''It's not white,'' said Sugarbush spokesman Andrew LaFrenz of the mountain. ''It's kind of like early spring.'' Normal snowfall for the season through Dec. 5 is usually about 10 inches, said Bill Grady of the National Weather Service office in Burlington, Vt. So far 1.8 inches has fallen, all of it in November. The extended warm weather is due to weather patterns that have kept warm air flowing into the Northeast from the Gulf of Mexico and cold Canadian air trapped up north, Grady said. In other parts of the East Coast, people relished the unseasonable warm air. ''It's gorgeous,'' said Lew Weinstein, a telecommunications manager with GlaxoSmithKline in Philadelphia. ''I'm going outside in short-sleeved shirts and I haven't had to pay a hefty fuel bill.'' Weinstein said he went to the New Jersey shore last weekend and planned to enjoy the warmth while it lasted. ''I know it's going to get cold and I know it's going to snow.'' *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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