Submitted Photo For 2023, Audubon Community Nature Center again has a variety of fare in its annual online Pi Day Pie Auction Fundraiser, March 3 through 8. Warren resident Bob Klebacha’s French Canadian Tourtiere meat pie is one of the choices.

The public is invited to celebrate Pi Day, March 14, Audubon Community Nature Center’s favorite mathematical holiday, by bidding on a homemade pie baked by an Audubon staff or volunteer baker.

The online Pie Auction bidding starts at 5 a.m. on Friday, March 3, and closes at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, at 32auctions.com/ACNC23.

Bid on a favorite baker or a favorite pie.

Among the dessert choices are Grasshopper, Peanut Butter, Deep Dish Pumpkin and Blueberry Crumb pies as well as Four and Twenty Moon Pies and Key Lime Pie, with a recipe and kit to make another. Main dish pies include Spaghetti Pie, Curried Lamb Shepherd’s Pie, Flower Power Rainbow Carrot Pie and a classic French Canadian Tourtiere, a meat pie that comes paired with beer.

Audubon will announce pie winners on Thursday, March 9.

Winners must be able to pick up their pies in-person at the Nature Center on Saturday, March 11, between noon and 4:30 p.m.

Pictures, descriptions of the pies and their makers, and ingredients accompany each of the pies at the auction site, 32auctions.com/ACNC23.

All proceeds support Audubon building, grounds, and staff so that they can continue to provide the community with a safe place to get outside and enjoy the benefits of nature.

Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown and Warren. Visit the nearly 600-acre nature preserve, check in on the live birds of prey, and hike, snowshoe or cross country ski more than five miles of trails dawn until dusk daily for free.

The three-story Nature Center building houses interactive displays, a collection of live animals including the Hellbender exhibit, and the Blue Heron Gift Shop. Visitors are welcome Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sundays, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Nature Center members and SNAP/EBT cardholders have free building admission daily. Building admission is also free every Sunday for non-Nature Center members.

To learn more about Audubon and its programs, call 716-569-2345, find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook, or visit AudubonCNC.org.