Silver-haired Bat

Description:

I think this is the Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans). Black bat about four inches long, with not much silver on it, but in a certain light, I can see a bit of silver, I suppose.

Habitat:

I'm fairly certain this little bat was living in our chimney during the summer time. I think he crawled down the chimney and made his way into our house. We live in a evergreen forested area with some deciduous trees, where bats always fly at night time from tree to tree - or sometimes from chimney to tree!

Notes:

My husband (at the time) took him out of the house in a jar. The poor bat squeaked like crazy! I took some pictures of him outside, at a fairly safe distance. He crawled away into the forest - if a bat isn't flying, then that's a sign he may be sick, right? I was surprised to see the bat crawl away and not fly - is that normal? I recorded over 350 bats flying out from behind my chimney during July 2015. See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F3LLMUF...