Located about midway down Temperanceville Road between US 13 and Atlantic Road, this small cemetery offers a nice mix of woodland and edge birding. The best birding here is actually along the entrance road before you actually arrive at the cemetery. On the eastern edge there is a fairly sizable tract of deciduous woods with a creek running through and some swampy bottomlands. In the breeding season, these woods are a good place to listen for Eastern Wood-Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Wood Thrush, and other woodland breeders. Prothonotary Warbler, a somewhat local species in Accomack County, can also be found at this spot, particularly on the wider section of Assawoman Creek on the opposite side of Temperanceville Road. Edge species such as Orchard Oriole, White-eyed Vireo, and Brown Thrasher are also had here, and the combination of interior and edge birds can make for a fairly robust species list at a relatively small location. In spring and fall, the wood edges here can also be a good place to find migrant passerines. On the west side of the entrance drive there is a rather large pond ringed by vegetation and carpeted with lily pads. Green Herons are conspicuous summer residents, and the pond is certainly not a bad setup for a Common Gallinule or perhaps a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. The gravesites begin just beyond the pond; the cemetery itself adds little from a birding perspective, and is usually best avoided. If you do bird the cemetery, be sure to show proper respect and discretion.
eBird Hotspot: J.W. Taylor Memorial Cemetery
—Matt Anthony, August 2020