A lone crow is behind a mass power outage that affects nearly 10,000 people.

The morning of December 13, began with a power outage in parts of Winnipeg.

Power across western parts of the city is knocked out, impacting schools and daycares in the area.

Manitoba Hydro says the outage was caused by a crow landing on a 24,000-volt power station, creating a short that caused the outage.

No word on when power will be restored.