Young peregrines are brown with a heavily streaked breast while adults are slate gray in color and have brownish stripes or spots on their breast. Peregrine falcons are known for their incredible dives as they swoop down on their prey. They have been clocked in excess of 200 mph. Their diet consists mainly of other birds and in cities such as Charleston they dine almost exclusively on pigeons. Other major cities such as New York, Baltimore and Pittsburgh have had peregrines nesting and raising their young on the edges of skyscrapers.
Peregrines normally nest in remote areas high atop steep cliffs.