I love bats too!
Though I don't have any pics or video of the event I did save one young brown bat who somehow ended up in our basement back in September, probably via a loose dryer vent.
I happened to be checking on a hot water heater repair when I noticed what I thought was a mouse moving erratically on the floor. I got closer to it and realized that it was a brown bat. I put on some gloves and gently covered him up with a towel and then wrapped him up, much like Sam was wrapped up in the video. I took him outside and gave him some water via a spoon, and even caught a couple of bugs for him to eat.
He seemed ok and in good shape so I placed him on his tummy on an old woven place mat...something that he could grab onto, and then slowly lifted up the place mat to a vertical position. I then hung up the place mat about 6 feet up on a tree in the backyard, and then stepped back and...whooosh! Off he went into the night!
I felt a spiritual connection with the little guy! I'm hoping he'll come back this spring with all his buddies as.....I phacken hate mosquitoes!
