KenCam - Central Lake, Michigan
 Latitude 45° 3' 55.2" N, Longitude 85° 15' 5.9" W



This is the live web cam shot of my back yard on Intermediate Lake Road in Central Lake.  Besides the birds, you can occasionally see deer, rabbits, skunks, opossums, squirrels, and raccoons feeding on the ground.  In winter I have a snow depth gauge installed.    The picture is updated every three seconds during daylight hours until I turn the camera off around sunset.  You can email me with any questions or comments.



(3/6/14)  Our −15° this morning is forecast to be the end of sub-zero temperatures for the season.  The weather has actually been nice except for the cold, with lots of sunshine and light winds.  The unusually heavy ice cover in the Great Lakes seems to have turned off the lake effect snow machine.  If you check the Hummingbird Tracker, you'll see that the birds are gathering along the Gulf Coast for their trip north.  The Central Lake birds usually arrive the first week of May.







Click for Central Lake, Michigan Forecast
(2/26/14)  I took this picture of a hawk at my feeder while I was sitting at my desk this morning.  Because it was small, about the size of a Mourning Dove, I think it was a Sharp-shinned Hawk.  There's also a photo of a cardinal who visited later in the afternoon. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.
(2/9/14)  Here's a photo of ice on the river.  Normally the water is unfrozen except for a bit along the edge, but this winter's frigid temperatures have caused ice to form all the way across at times.  Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.
(10/28/13)  A couple of forecasts for the coming winter can be seen by clicking here and here.  As always, take them with a grain of salt.


(3/6/14)   This was taken on a beautiful afternoon where the temperature had climbed to 30° after a −15° sunrise.  Lake Michigan is mostly frozen over, which turns off the lake effect and allows more sunshine.  Click here to see recent and past photos of changing seasonal conditions.

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