You found a bat where?

[Catherine]

We have chimneys in Toronto because everyone has gas or oil furnaces. They are capped to keep the racoons and squirrels out. There could be a fireplace chimney as well and it might be more accessible.
It was a little brown bat and they are very small. They can slip through very small openings. Maybe a vent for a dryer or air conditioner would have a small gap. I haven't heard how the bat got in.
This article has better pictures of the bat after the rescue. He really is a cute little brown bat.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/toil....tu6D7qM2d

I really like the man's response to finding the bat. He realized right away that the bat was in trouble and rescued it from the water.

Tobi, do you have the same kind of bats? I am glad you gave your little bat guest some shade. It must have gotten lost to end up on your porch.

Poor little shrew falling down your chimney. He must have been so confused. I am glad you got him out safely.
Land of giants indeed.