Update; very windy morning, so I headed back into the woods, where the “find my drone” told me it was. Was hoping if it was in tree, it would be on the ground, now. Found it, right where I searched yesterday, so it must have been up. Interesting part (to me) was that the battery was nowhere to be found.
The camera is damaged, but not sure how badly, going to look at it a little more in depth this weekend.
I am wondering if somehow the battery was ejected during flight, which caused the communication breakdown. I had just installed it, and thought maybe I hadn’t secured the battery door well enough. It is possible I hit something, but it wasn’t the building. I had believed I was over the power lines and not too close to the trees, but it was out of sight, about 300 ft away, so who really knows.
At least I got it back! Now fingers crossed it can be repaired. I ordered a replacement, so I’ll have a backup for the next fiasco. Thanks for the comments and advice!