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I was listening for owls not too long after dusk. The temperature was in the 50s and the half moon shone brightly. Owls had been vocal. Standing in the dark, I heard a very loud, unfamiliar call that I thought must be either Great Horned or Spotted Owl. It called again, nearby and more intensely. I found myself getting in my car quickly without quite knowing why - it was an involuntary response faster than my brain consciously moved on to IDs like this one. But my brain did get there as I found myself rolling up the window in addition to closing the door, leaving just enough room to record. It was too loud and intense. The sounds moved very quickly from roughly behind my car to in front of my car. When I turned on the car and drove slowly forward, I quickly spotted these two individuals (presumably immature), which I somehow half expected I would see up the road. They were occasionally responding to other calls from the woods (presumably their mother). Photo taken by headlights at 12800 ISO.

Individual that escaped from its enclosure in 2017
Observed near a wild group, 20km from The enclosure it escaped.

We couldn't figure out if it was integrated to the wild group or not.

Appeared to be with another Individual.

It would have crossed 2 different territories of other chimps groups to reach the forest it has been observed

A female with 4 different males over a period of 3 days in the highest tree of a forest hill near ponds.
The fossas where meowing during the mating while a dozen of parrots in an adjacent tree were squawking loudly like if they were answering to the vocalizations of the fossas.

The coitus was sometimes intersperse with violent blows of paws or jaws.
4 Male fossas were waiting in the same tree lying on other branches. Some of them looked completely exhausted.

Mr.Mrs.Cangoos, As soon as I called to them they left their nesting site, went over to their rock, then came over for their 1st din din this year.
Sooo good to have them back again!! This is the earliest they have ever returned...and I have no problem with that!!! :)