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Academics/Natural sciences/Faculty research/Revels

Natural Sciences Department Faculty Research Mia Revels

 
 

 

Dr. Mia R. Revels
Ph.D. in Zoology
University of Arkansas


Phone: 918-444-3824
Office: SC 138
Lab: SL 319
email: revels@nsuok.edu

 

 

 

 

Research Interests

Avian Ecology and Behavior, Swainson's Warbler Breeding Biology in Oklahoma

Current specific projects


Documenting natural history traits of the Swainson's Warbler, an elusive and difficult to study bottomland hardwood specialist.
Examining changes in territory sites of Swainson's Warblers in response to forest succession, silvicultural practices, and stochastic weather events (tornadoes and floods).
Documenting avian migratory flight patterns by recording nocturnal flight calls.
Examining habitat characteristics of nest locations and male territories of Swainson's Warblers.

Publications

Revels, M.R. and T. L. Whitworth. 2005. First record of Swainson's Warbler parasitism by Protocalliphora Blow Fly larvae. Wilson Bulletin 117(2):199-200.

Revels., M.R. 2004. Species Accounts of: Pine Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Gray Catbird, Eastern Towhee, and Baltimore Oriole. Invited book sections in: Breeding Bird Atlas of Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma

Revels, M.R. 2003. First Swainson's Warbler nest documented in Oklahoma since 1917. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society. Vol. 36, Nos. 1-2, pp. 1-3.

Current Students


Darby Hanna, is a senior undergraduate Honors Student and tutor at NSU. Her project investigates the maternal and paternal contributions to nestling provisioning in Swainson's Warblers.

 

 

 

 

mia holding small bird in her hand

Dr. Mia Revels holding a Swainson's Warbler with an attached radio transmitter. You can just barely see the wire coming from the transmitter, which is attached in the middle of the bird's back.

 

 

 

nest of swainson's warbler, female brooding

A Swainson's Warbler female brooding a Brown-headed Cowbird nestling. This nest was not successful. Photo by Dr. Mia Revels

 

 

mia paddling crooked creek in search of warbler

Dr. Mia Revels paddling Crooked Creek (Little River in background) in search of Swainson's Warblers, a bottomland hardwood specialist bird species. Photo by Millicent Phillips.

 

mia removing warbler from a mist net

Dr. Mia Revels removing a Swainson's Warbler from a mist net in Little River National Wildlife Refuge, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Photo by Millicent Phillips.