SAN ANTONIO, TX (KENS/CNN) - Bald eagles are the symbols of American freedom, and one eagle wanted freedom so badly she escaped the avian center that housed her to get it.

A bald eagle called Freedom lived up to her name on Tuesday. Trouble is, caretakers aren't sure she is ready to survive on her own.

The bald eagle was last spotted in the parking lot of a church near the rehabilitation center Last Chance Forever. The executive director said the bird was not ready to be released back into the wild."

"She's black-bodied, white-headed, white-tailed. You can't miss her," said John Karger, executive director of Last Chance Forever.

She used her body to bust open the zip ties used to secure her cage.

He has rehabilitated freedom for the last two and a half years. She was found in East Texas blown out of her nest.

"She's been learning more and more how to fly, and to be independent," Karger said.

It was just Monday that she learned how to capture her own food for the first time.

"I just know that she's good flying strength. She was able to kill on her own," he said.

He said Freedom is rehabbed enough able to survive in the wild but said her chance of a long life is better if she's returned to Last Chance Forever.

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Eagle named 'Freedom' breaks free of rehab center