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2020.02.24 11:00 GMT+8

Birdies are the first to know it when spring arrives in China

Updated 2020.02.24 11:00 GMT+8
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"There is a hint of spring in the air!" says the warbling white-eye. 

"Yes, there is! I can feel it!" answers the brown-breasted bulbul. 

"Spring has arrived!" more little birds sing to each other. Living in south China, they know this good news much earlier than others. 

A bird on the tip of a cherry blossom twig in Huangshan City, Anhui Province, in east China, where the cherry blossoms have been in full bloom, February 22, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Renhuai City in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, in southwest China, February 19, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in south China, February 16, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in south China, February 16, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, in southwest China, February 16, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, in southwest China, February 16, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Renhuai City in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, in southwest China, February 16, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Huangshan City, Anhui Province, in east China, February 14, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Renhuai City in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, in southwest China, February 11, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, in east China, February 7, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, in east China, February 7, 2020. /VCG

Spring has come in Renhuai City in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, in southwest China, February 6, 2020. /VCG

(All pictures via VCG)

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