Last year we had very long winter and spring came in mid-April. This year we had very short winter. Snow laid only for two weeks of January and in the first week of February. Then there was warmer and warmer almost without temperature below 0 deg. First starling saw on February 21, and I heard the lark on March 6. Yesterday near my home the first time saw white stork on his nest. Photos of starling about his house.