WARNING: This story contains an image of a dead goose.

A Niverville resident is shocked to have seen scores of dead geese on the retention pond in his backyard — and even one on his back deck.

All of them were killed by an avian flu outbreak.

Mason Goulet noticed a handful of Canada geese on the ice, struggling to move, about three weeks ago.

"Some of them we thought were maybe frozen into the ice," Goulet said Thursday from his porch. "It turns out they were actually sick."

Mason Goulet found a dead goose on his porch after many of the birds died on the retention pond in his backyard. (Jura McIlraith/CBC)

On Nov. 13, the town of Niverville released a statement advising residents the Manitoba Conservation Branch had detected avian flu in the local goose population. The virus has be

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