Brooklyn's Polish -- and Patient Bird --Celebrate Pulaski Day

So a patient and apparently untethered gray bird (see man in skirt, right) seemed content to perch solidly on its "owner's" hat as he pirouetted, marched and strutted his green beard during Sunday's Pulaski Day Parade on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. (click on photo for enlargement)

The Brooklyn presence was strong, with marching bands, schools and churches well represented.

Photos by MK Metz