Yes. No email, no account, no ads.

How does the "this month" prediction work?

It uses public bird-occurrence records, aggregated by ZIP code and month, so migrants and year-round residents both show up at the right time of year.

Where does the bird data come from?

GBIF and iNaturalist public observation records, filtered to license-clean sources.

How is this different from Merlin or eBird?

Merlin identifies a bird after you've seen or heard it. eBird tracks the checklists birders submit. This tool tells you what's likely at your house this month — before you've spotted anything.

Backyard Birds in Alaska

Enter your Alaska ZIP. See exactly which birds you're likely to spot in your yard this month.

Alaska backyards run on a hardy boreal cast, and winter feeding genuinely matters. Black-capped and Boreal Chickadees, redpolls, and Pine Grosbeaks work the feeders; Bald Eagles and ravens patrol overhead.

Most 'backyard birds' lists are national and generic. This one is neither. It maps public, license-clean bird-occurrence records to your exact ZIP code and weights them by month, so you see what's realistically at your feeder in Alaska right now — not a list of birds that might turn up somewhere in the country someday.

Enter your Alaska ZIP code in the tool below. You'll get a ranked list of the birds most likely in your yard this month, common ones first. Free, no email, no account. The list shifts as the seasons turn.

Common backyard birds in Alaska

These are the birds you're most likely to see in a yard in this region at some point in the year. Your ZIP-specific list will show which are near you and which are likely this month.

Black-capped Chickadee — Tiny, black-capped, fearless. A year-round feeder anchor.
Boreal Chickadee — Brown-capped northern chickadee of the spruce forest.
Common Redpoll — Streaky little finch with a red cap. Winter flocks swarm nyjer feeders.
Pine Grosbeak — Plump, rosy male; tame and slow-moving. Winter visitor to feeders.
Dark-eyed Junco — The 'slate-colored' form. Common at Alaskan feeders.
Black-billed Magpie — Long-tailed black-and-white. Bold and social around towns.
Common Raven — Huge, intelligent, year-round. Croaks and tumbles in flight.
Downy Woodpecker — Smallest woodpecker; suet feeder regular through the winter.
Hairy Woodpecker — Like a big Downy, with a longer bill. Year-round at suet.
Pine Siskin — Streaky finch with yellow wing flashes. Irruptive in big numbers.
Steller's Jay — Dark crested jay of the Southeast Alaska rainforest.
Bald Eagle — Abundant along Alaskan coasts and salmon rivers; sometimes over yards.

The tool will show which of these (and many more) are realistic at your exact ZIP, with a seasonal weight so you know what's likely right now.

This is a regional overview. For your exact yard:

Enter your Alaska ZIP code. The tool ranks the birds actually likely at your feeder this month, where you live, not a generic national list.

What's your ZIP code?

We'll show you the birds you can expect near you right now, from feeder regulars to the ones that just pass through.

US ZIP code Month

Free. No email required. Works for any US ZIP code.

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