Don't use a "landing net"!
I'd be curious how the bat got inside in the first place. Flew in? At night?
Chances are, it spent the day in a cozy roof niche, and just fell inside instead of outside!
We caulked all our niches, but received squeaks of protest at one site. As the "man of the house", I had to extricate the critter, and remove the tarry caulk from his wings before he could fly off.
Once, I used a landing net (for fish), and freeing the bat (who has more "corners" than you can imagine) took an hour. Bats have small white teeth, and will try to nibble through the netting while you loosen one wing -- while the other wing gets re-tangled. Maybe I should have propped the net up-side-down over the balcony and walked away, but I'd use a fine-mesh aquarium fish net as suggested.
BTW, Chipmunks (if they happen to follow the person with the birdseedsinside ) will also find their way out if you prop open a window and screen. (And wait a while).
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