What's he/she standing on?
Only the males have that tuft, and let me tell you, he has full control over it. He can pop it up or down or even back faster than you can blink. It's like a little semaphore that he uses to give away his moods. In that pic, he's standing on the top of one of those telephone boxes you find in yards sometimes. You can see it better here;



on a side-note, do you still have your bat?
Ah, no, me and my brother took Vlad back to a park right near the building he was found in, at the end of last May. He flew his fat little self right up into a huge oak tree about 50 yards away and I presume, hung out till after dark when other bats no doubt came out to feed.