"Good Morning, Mr..."

Just around daybreak I was awakened by rather loud and familiar clacking sounds coming from outside my bedroom window.
After rubbing my eyes I moved towards the window to investigate and my suspicions were confirmed.
Three magpies were, almost in unison, bellowing out their alarm call from high in the nearby Japanese Cherry tree.
The reason for this became apparent as I surveyed further down the tree where a young domestic cat was in the process of climbing the trunk.
When it heard me opening the window it took off sharply across the neglected lawn of the vacant bungalow behind my house.
About twenty minutes later I managed to take a picture of a solitary magpie skipping across my lawn - as the photo on this page confirms.