A bald eagle leaps out of a cage Wednesday a moment after being released by Game Wardens Steve Allarie, right, and Terry Hughes in Augusta.

The 8-year-old hen was recovered by Allarie in late March after it become entangled with another eagle in Litchfield.

After being rehabilitated at Avian Haven in Freedom, the bird was set free Wednesday off West River Road. The eagle took flight immediately and was last seen soaring east over the Kennebec River.